From 6701f5389b465fc283160dae51b7b7b28e4c9f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aadhavan Srinivasan <aadhavan@twomorecents.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 15:14:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added code to only add the date to the metadata array if it
 isn't already present

---
 build.sh | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 564fecd..9db6d06 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ convert_to_array() {
 }
 
 add_date_to_array() {
-	meta_array["date"]="$(date -r $1 +'%b %d, %Y')"
-
+	if test -z "${meta_array[date]}"; then # If there is no existing date in the metadata
+		meta_array["date"]="$(date -r $1 +'%b %d, %Y')"
+	fi
+	echo "${meta_array[date]}"
 }
 
 add_header_and_footer() {