diff --git a/website/site/content/docs/addons/writing.md b/website/site/content/docs/addons/writing.md
index 5e68969e..2f8b1ef9 100644
--- a/website/site/content/docs/addons/writing.md
+++ b/website/site/content/docs/addons/writing.md
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ You find the complete structure below. It consists of these parts:
 - `newItems`: declares files relative to `OUTPUT_DIR` that should be
   processed as new uploads
 
-The `commands` allows to set tags, fields and other things. All parts
-are optional, you don't need to return the complete structure. Just
+The `commands` allows to set the item date, tags, fields and other things. All
+parts are optional, you don't need to return the complete structure. Just
 returning `commands` or only `files` is ok.
 
 **Example**
diff --git a/website/src/main/scala/docspell/website/AddonOutputExample.scala b/website/src/main/scala/docspell/website/AddonOutputExample.scala
index c7059ea4..7cdf6e67 100644
--- a/website/src/main/scala/docspell/website/AddonOutputExample.scala
+++ b/website/src/main/scala/docspell/website/AddonOutputExample.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import docspell.addons.out.{AddonOutput, ItemFile, NewFile, NewItem}
 import docspell.addons.out.NewFile.{Meta => FileMeta}
 import docspell.addons.out.NewItem.{Meta => ItemMeta}
 import docspell.common._
+import docspell.common.Timestamp
 import docspell.common.bc.{AttachmentAction, BackendCommand, ItemAction}
 import io.circe.syntax._
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ object AddonOutputExample extends Helper {
       BackendCommand.ItemUpdate(
         itemId = id("XabZ-item-id"),
         actions = List(
+          ItemAction.SetDate(Timestamp.ofMillis(1699697471000L)),
           ItemAction.AddTags(Set("tag1", "tag2")),
           ItemAction.ReplaceTags(Set("tagX", "tagY")),
           ItemAction.RemoveTags(Set("tag0", "tag9")),