From b2fce54f1fc12994c2f2130d06c8ae535a0b0ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1=20Hnyk?= <tomashnyk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 23:32:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document publication_date

I think this should appear here: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/news_recipe.html
so documenting it.
---
 src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
index 8bc76166f1..638d363848 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
@@ -1455,6 +1455,10 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
         prepare_masthead_image(path_to_image, out_path, self.MI_WIDTH, self.MI_HEIGHT)
 
     def publication_date(self):
+        '''
+        Use this method to set the date when this issue was published.
+        Defaults to the moment of download.
+        '''  
         return nowf()
 
     def create_opf(self, feeds, dir=None):