diff --git a/issues/_template/metadata.sh b/issues/_template/metadata.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d9d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/issues/_template/metadata.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PUBLISHED_DATE="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
diff --git a/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh b/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh
index e69de29..01f2faa 100644
--- a/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh
+++ b/issues/issue-2/metadata.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PUBLISHED_DATE="FIXME%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"