diff --git a/frontmatter.json b/frontmatter.json
index ad6d540..d6fea6d 100644
--- a/frontmatter.json
+++ b/frontmatter.json
@@ -16,12 +16,20 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         {
-          "title": "Publishing date",
+          "title": "Date published",
           "name": "pubDate",
           "type": "datetime",
           "default": "{{now}}",
           "isPublishDate": true
         },
+        {
+          "title": "Date last edited",
+          "name": "lastEditDate",
+          "type": "datetime",
+          "default": "{{now}}",
+          "isModifiedDate": true,
+          "required": false
+        },
         {
           "title": "Draft",
           "name": "draft",
diff --git a/src/content/config.ts b/src/content/config.ts
index d8b87a2..3b13bbe 100644
--- a/src/content/config.ts
+++ b/src/content/config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ const blog = defineCollection({
       .string()
       .or(z.date())
       .transform((val) => new Date(val)),
+    lastEditDate: z
+      .string()
+      .or(z.date())
+      .transform((val) => new Date(val))
+      .optional(),
     tags: z.string().array(),
     categories: z.string().array()
   })
diff --git a/src/layouts/BlogPost.astro b/src/layouts/BlogPost.astro
index 1fa34a2..1210200 100644
--- a/src/layouts/BlogPost.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/BlogPost.astro
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import FormattedDate from '../components/FormattedDate.astro';
 
 type Props = CollectionEntry<'blog'>['data'];
 
-const { title, description, pubDate, draft, tags, categories } = Astro.props;
+const { title, description, pubDate, lastEditDate, draft, tags, categories } =
+  Astro.props;
 const [category] = categories;
 ---
 
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ const [category] = categories;
     <h1 class="title">{title}</h1>
     <div id="metadata">
       <p>date published: <FormattedDate date={pubDate} /></p>
+      {
+        lastEditDate && (
+          <p>
+            <em>
+              date edited: <FormattedDate date={lastEditDate} />
+            </em>
+          </p>
+        )
+      }
       <p>
         category:
         <span>