how do I get the sitecore item Published Date?

Question

Ho do I get the published date of a sitecore item? There are fields like '__created' and '__updated' but couldn't find anything for published date. I tried the following:

Sitecore.Context.Item.Publishing.PublishDate

But this only gives me date if I explicitly set it from the Content Editor. Basically I just want to print out the date the item was published.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Try '__publish' and '__unpublish' for Publish Date and Unpublished Date accordingly.

Answer 2

Unfortunately you can't get a published date. We have to implement a custom way to track when items are published.