Add paigedateformat site parameter

README.md

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ pages `content/foo/_index.md`, `content/foo/bar.md`, and
 page `content/_index.md`.
 
 The page date is the publish date, if any; otherwise, it's the creation
-date.
+date. To change the date format displayed, set the site parameter
+`paigedateformat` to a Hugo date format.
 
 The home page body has the `stretch`, `center`, `greeting`, and `blurb`
 parameters from `content/_index.md`, if any; the page content, if any;

layouts/partials/paige-date.html

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 {{ with .PublishDate }}
-<p class="text-center text-muted"><time datetime="{{ .Format `2006-01-02` }}">{{ .Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time></p>
+{{ $format := ":date_long" }}
+{{ with site.Params.paigedateformat }}
+{{ $format = . }}
+{{ end }}
+<p class="text-center text-muted"><time datetime="{{ .Format `2006-01-02` }}">{{ time.Format $format . }}</time></p>
 {{ end }}