# Cannot select future date for post

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690>\
**Category:** Using Ghost\
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690 "2026-02-03T10:25:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JasunH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jasunh/32/39269_2.png) [@JasunH](https://forum.ghost.org/u/JasunH)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690/1 "2026-02-03T10:25:52Z")

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When I try to select a future date for a post I am working on, it does not allow me to (greyed out). Oddly, I can pick past dates!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/b/2/b2971930a630129a35deb8e162f46fe18460a446.png)

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**Author:** ![muratcorlu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/muratcorlu/32/38509_2.png) [@muratcorlu](https://forum.ghost.org/u/muratcorlu)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690/2 "2026-02-03T10:38:04Z")

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If you are talking about post that is already published, then yes, yYou can’t set publish date of a post to the future date, if it’s already published. But, I think you can unpublish the post and schedule for the future date again.

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**Author:** ![JasunH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jasunh/32/39269_2.png) [@JasunH](https://forum.ghost.org/u/JasunH)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690/3 "2026-02-03T10:39:14Z")

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No I mean a new post, this is a draft I have screenshot

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**Author:** ![muratcorlu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/muratcorlu/32/38509_2.png) [@muratcorlu](https://forum.ghost.org/u/muratcorlu)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690/4 "2026-02-03T10:40:47Z")

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You schedule post inside the Publish modal.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/d/8/d81417e35851cf1e9c57389343e030ac54db50a3.png)

Press “Right now” here, and select “Schedule for later”

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**Author:** ![JasunH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jasunh/32/39269_2.png) [@JasunH](https://forum.ghost.org/u/JasunH)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/cannot-select-future-date-for-post/61690/5 "2026-02-03T10:47:53Z")

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brilliant, thanks ……