diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index 4cd76c5d5..58076938b 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ sub sessioncgi ($$) { #{{{
 	$content_tmpl->param(body => $body);
 	$content_tmpl->param(anchor => "$anchor");
 	$content_tmpl->param(permalink => "$baseurl#$anchor");
+	$content_tmpl->param(date => formattime(time, "%X %x"));
 
 	my $content = $content_tmpl->output;
 
diff --git a/templates/comments_comment.tmpl b/templates/comments_comment.tmpl
index 56a28753e..8e6affb0d 100644
--- a/templates/comments_comment.tmpl
+++ b/templates/comments_comment.tmpl
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 <TMPL_IF NAME="PERMALINK">
 [[!meta permalink="<TMPL_VAR PERMALINK ESCAPE=HTML>"]]
 </TMPL_IF>
+<TMPL_IF NAME="DATE">
+[[!meta date="<TMPL_VAR DATE ESCAPE=HTML>"]]
+</TMPL_IF>
 
 <TMPL_IF NAME="ANCHOR">
 </div>