diff --git a/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs b/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
index 4610706..8ed67bc 100644
--- a/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
+++ b/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::io::Read;
 
 use crate::utils::task_log;
+use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Utc};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
 pub fn register(pool: &sqlx::Pool<sqlx::Postgres>) {
@@ -19,21 +20,15 @@ async fn import_posts(
 
     // Start task logging
     let task = task_log::start(1, pool).await?;
-
-    // Setup markdown options
     let options = MarkdownOptions {
         options: markdown::Constructs::gfm(),
     };
-
-    // Read directory contents
     let entries = fs::read_dir(dir_path)?;
 
-    // Process each file
     for entry_result in entries {
         let file = entry_result?;
         let file_path = file.path();
 
-        // Skip non-file entries
         if !file_path.is_file() {
             continue;
         }
@@ -71,22 +66,23 @@ async fn import_posts(
 
             let content =
                 markdown::to_html_with_options(&document.content, &markdown::Options::default());
-            println!("{:?}", content);
 
             let title = document.metadata.title;
+            let pub_date =
+                DateTime::parse_from_str(document.metadata.date.as_ref(), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")?;
             let content_final = content.unwrap();
 
             // Insert into database
             let results = sqlx::query_as::<_, InsertPosts>(
-                "INSERT INTO posts (title, body, filename, author_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING title, body, filename, author_id"
+                "INSERT INTO posts (title, body, filename, publish_date, author_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5) RETURNING title, body, filename, author_id"
             )
             .bind(title)
             .bind(content_final)
             .bind(file_name_str)
+            .bind(pub_date)
             .bind(1) // Consider making author_id a parameter
             .fetch_one(pool)
             .await?;
-            println!("{:?}", results);
 
             println!("Successfully imported: {}", file_name_str);
         } else {