Adding sys_pubdate to display format

Rhythmyx How To's
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Hi!
We need to add the Item Publish Date column in the Display Format of Content Explorer for the user. But it seems that the System field sys_pubdate is not showing up in the Add Column(s) field selection of the Display Format Editor. Did I misss anything? Or is this a known issue of workbench?

Thanks for your help!
Andy

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Optional system fields will not be available for adding to a display format until the field is used in at least one editor. If a display format has been opened in the workbench before this was done, the workbench needs to be restarted to pick up the change because it caches the field list.

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Thanks much! Paul.
It did work!
But now it seems that the Pub Date field in Content Explorer Display Format is always blank regardless the items had been published.
Do I need to work on something else to make the Pub Date show up?

Thanks!
Andy

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http://forum.percussion.com/showthread.php?1234-sys_pubdate-and-sys_contentstartdate&highlight=sys_pubdate

“Will be fixed in a later release”. Just to clarify, this is broken in 6.7 but I believe it had worked in 6.52.