diff --git a/lib/Statocles/App/Blog.pm b/lib/Statocles/App/Blog.pm
index 757feae8..a561d686 100644
--- a/lib/Statocles/App/Blog.pm
+++ b/lib/Statocles/App/Blog.pm
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Defaults to the current date.
 # sub pages
 around pages => sub {
     my ( $orig, $self, %opt ) = @_;
-    $opt{date} ||= DateTime::Moonpig->now( time_zone => 'local' )->ymd;
+    $opt{date} ||= $self->site->build_date;
     my $root = $self->url_root;
     my $is_dated_path = qr{^$root/?(\d{4})/(\d{2})/(\d{2})/};
     my @parent_pages = $self->$orig( %opt );
diff --git a/lib/Statocles/Command/build.pm b/lib/Statocles/Command/build.pm
index f275dffe..5f1e5125 100644
--- a/lib/Statocles/Command/build.pm
+++ b/lib/Statocles/Command/build.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ sub run {
         'base_url|base=s',
     );
 
+    if ($build_opt{date}) {
+      $self->site->build_date($build_opt{date});
+    }
+
     my $path = Path::Tiny->new( $argv[0] // '.statocles/build' );
     $path->mkpath;
 
diff --git a/lib/Statocles/Command/daemon.pm b/lib/Statocles/Command/daemon.pm
index a25af9ee..33b75ba0 100644
--- a/lib/Statocles/Command/daemon.pm
+++ b/lib/Statocles/Command/daemon.pm
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ sub run {
         'date|d=s',
     );
 
+    if ($build_opt{date}) {
+      $self->site->build_date($build_opt{date});
+    }
+
     require Mojo::Server::Daemon;
     my $app = Statocles::Command::daemon::_MOJOAPP->new(
         site => $self->site,
diff --git a/lib/Statocles/Site.pm b/lib/Statocles/Site.pm
index 1c0969ae..8b3dac44 100644
--- a/lib/Statocles/Site.pm
+++ b/lib/Statocles/Site.pm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Mojo::Log;
 use Statocles::Page::Plain;
 use Statocles::Util qw( derp );
 use List::UtilsBy qw( uniq_by );
+use DateTime::Moonpig;
 
 =attr title
 
@@ -397,6 +398,27 @@ has _pages => (
     clearer => 'clear_pages',
 );
 
+=attr build_date
+
+    ---
+    build_date: 2015-03-27
+    build_date: 2015-03-27 12:04:00
+    ---
+
+The date/time of the current build of the site. This is usually set by a build
+(or related) command. Defaults to the current date.
+
+Should be in C<YYYY-MM-DD> or C<YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS> format.
+
+=cut
+
+has build_date => (
+    is => 'rw',
+    isa => DateTimeObj,
+    coerce => DateTimeObj->coercion,
+    default => sub { DateTime::Moonpig->now( time_zone => 'local' )->ymd },
+);
+
 =method BUILD
 
 Register this site as the global site.