diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index c92d0a9..5aa964b 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -42,3 +42,10 @@ ignoreErrors = ["error-disable-taxonomy"]
   # This theme will, by default, inject a made-with-line at the bottom of the page.
   # You can turn it off, but we would really appreciate if you don’t :-).
   # hideMadeWithLine = true
+
+  # By default, this theme displays dates with a format like "02 Jan, 2006", but
+  # you can customize it by setting the `dateFormat` param in your site's config
+  # file. See [Hugo's Format function docs](https://gohugo.io/functions/format/)
+  # for details. An example TOML config that uses [ISO
+  # 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format:
+  # dateFormat = "2006-01-02"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index 2545d9a..8b8c14b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       <span>
         <i>
           <time datetime='{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}' pubdate>
-            {{ .Date.Format "02 Jan, 2006" }}
+            {{ .Date.Format (default "02 Jan, 2006" .Site.Params.dateFormat) }}
           </time>
         </i>
       </span>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index f993a0c..7d57351 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <p>
   <i>
     <time datetime='{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}' pubdate>
-      {{ .Date.Format "02 Jan, 2006" }}
+      {{ .Date.Format (default "02 Jan, 2006" .Site.Params.dateFormat) }}
     </time>
   </i>
 </p>