Waiting for its day

A post is dated after the day of the build, so it isn’t built yet.

What you’ll see

note  Waiting for its day: `content/post-2.md` is dated `2026-10-05`
  Run with `--drafts` to build it as if published.
  More: https://statac.dev/e/waiting-for-its-day/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac says so

A post waits for its day: until then it has no page of its own, and no folder, tag, series or feed lists it. The first build on or after its date publishes it. The day is judged on the site’s own clock, its timezone, so a post dated tomorrow there waits even where it is already tomorrow somewhere else.

Statac names every post it leaves out, so a post dated in the future by mistake never goes missing without a word. statac check shows each one, and statac build counts them. This can’t be quietened, because it leaves a page out.

How to fix it

Nothing is wrong if the post is meant to wait. If the date is a mistake, correct it.

To see a waiting post while you write it, run statac serve, which shows it and says which day it waits for. statac build --drafts builds it as if published, and says how many it included. --today=2026-10-05 builds the site as it will be on that day.

Example

Built on 4 October 2026, content/post-2.md:

---
title: Post 2
date: 2026-10-05
---

waits until 5 October. To publish it now, date it today:

---
title: Post 2
date: 2026-10-04
---

Its name

Name	waiting-for-its-day
In the terminal	statac explain waiting-for-its-day
To stop showing it	It leaves a page out of the site, so it can't be quietened.