diff --git a/recipes/lwn_weekly.recipe b/recipes/lwn_weekly.recipe
index 1f73d07d24..6e489a8901 100644
--- a/recipes/lwn_weekly.recipe
+++ b/recipes/lwn_weekly.recipe
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.utils.date import now as nowf
 
 
 class WeeklyLWN(BasicNewsRecipe):
@@ -82,6 +83,19 @@ class WeeklyLWN(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         return url
 
+    def publication_date(self):
+        return self.pub_date
+    
+    def parse_publication_date(self, soup):
+        from dateutil.parser import parse, ParserError
+        try:
+            date_match = re.match(r'.* +for +([^\[]*)', self.tag_to_string(soup.head.title.string))
+            # dateutil.parser.parse() is considered thread-safe
+            self.pub_date = parse(date_match[1])
+        except (TypeError, ParserError):
+            self.log.warning('Failed to parse publication date from title: %r, using current time' % soup.head.title.string)
+            self.pub_date = nowf()
+
     def parse_index(self):
         past_edition = self.recipe_specific_options.get('issue')
         if past_edition and isinstance(past_edition, str):
@@ -91,6 +105,7 @@ class WeeklyLWN(BasicNewsRecipe):
         else:
             index_url = self.print_version('/free/bigpage')
         soup = self.index_to_soup(index_url)
+        self.parse_publication_date(soup)
         curr = soup.body
 
         articles = {}