5 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 93fac3e..80ad5c4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ TBD.
 Right now, templates are just HTML in a Python f-string. You have access to the following variables:
 
 {content} : Complete file contents.
-{meta['title']} : Filename, with extension dropped.
-{meta['date']} : File modification date.
+{meta[title]} : Filename, with extension dropped.
+{meta[date]} : File modification date, in HTTP header format (e.g. "Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:28:37 GMT")
 
 Front matter
 ------------
diff --git a/sample/html/empty.html b/sample/html/empty.html
index da72fca..b8951a7 100644
--- a/sample/html/empty.html
+++ b/sample/html/empty.html
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang=en-US dir=ltr>
-<title>aaaa need a title</title>
+<title>empty</title>
 <meta charset=UTF-8>
 <meta name=robots content="noindex, nofollow">
 <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<meta http-equiv=last-modified content="Sat, 23 Oct 2021 02:55:53 GMT">
 
 <section>
 	
diff --git a/sample/html/happy.html b/sample/html/happy.html
index 734a9b7..3c239f1 100644
--- a/sample/html/happy.html
+++ b/sample/html/happy.html
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang=en-US dir=ltr>
-<title>aaaa need a title</title>
+<title>happy</title>
 <meta charset=UTF-8>
 <meta name=robots content="noindex, nofollow">
 <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<meta http-equiv=last-modified content="Sat, 23 Oct 2021 02:57:17 GMT">
 
 <section>
 	Hello, world!
diff --git a/sample/template.html b/sample/template.html
index c8e401a..2552906 100644
--- a/sample/template.html
+++ b/sample/template.html
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang=en-US dir=ltr>
-<title>aaaa need a title</title>
+<title>{meta[title]}</title>
 <meta charset=UTF-8>
 <meta name=robots content="noindex, nofollow">
 <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<meta http-equiv=last-modified content="{meta[date]}">
 
 <section>
 	{content}
diff --git a/strike.py b/strike.py
index f3ae173..b417bf1 100755
--- a/strike.py
+++ b/strike.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from os import listdir, mkdir, path
 from sys import exit
+from time import gmtime, strftime
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 
@@ -23,8 +24,20 @@ def read_config(location):
     basedir = path.dirname(path.abspath(location[0]))
     return basedir, parser
 
-def get_output(content, template="{content}"):
-    return template.format(content = content)
+def handle_file(location):
+    metadata = dict(
+        title = '.'.join(path.basename(location).split('.')[:-1]),
+        date = strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT', gmtime(path.getmtime(location)))
+    )
+    with open(location, 'r') as fin:
+        file_contents = fin.read()
+    return file_contents, metadata
+
+def apply_template(content, metadata, template="{content}"):
+    return template.format(
+        content = content,
+        meta = metadata
+    )
 
 def main():
     args = handle_args()
@@ -44,9 +57,8 @@ def main():
     for file in listdir(input_dir):
         if file in exclusions:
             continue 
-        with open(path.join(input_dir, file), 'r') as fin:
-            file_contents = fin.read()
-        output = get_output(file_contents, template)
+        file_contents, metadata = handle_file(path.join(input_dir, file))
+        output = apply_template(file_contents, metadata, template)
         with open(path.join(output_dir, file), 'w') as fout:
             fout.write(output)