diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5bdcec4f9f..857e7e87ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -792,9 +792,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8318a53db07bb3f8dca91a600466bdb3f2eaadeedfdbcf02e1accbad9271ba50"
+checksum = "428d9aa8fbc0670b7b8d6030a7fadd0f86151cae55e4dbbece15f3780a3dfaf3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytesize"
@@ -2865,6 +2865,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "cargo_toml",
+ "chrono",
  "clap",
  "comfy-table",
  "const_format",
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-hub-util/Cargo.toml b/crates/fluvio-hub-util/Cargo.toml
index 0985ee4233..5ea04da12c 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-hub-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/fluvio-hub-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ connector-cmds = [
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 cargo_toml = { workspace = true }
+chrono = { workspace = true }
 const_format = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.1", features = ["serde", "rand_core"] }
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-hub-util/src/package_meta_ext.rs b/crates/fluvio-hub-util/src/package_meta_ext.rs
index 38934a0c23..ada7d514b7 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-hub-util/src/package_meta_ext.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-hub-util/src/package_meta_ext.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
 
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use tracing::debug;
 
-use fluvio_hub_protocol::{PackageMeta, HubError};
-use fluvio_hub_protocol::constants::HUB_PACKAGE_META;
+use fluvio_hub_protocol::{HubError, PackageMeta, PkgTag};
+use fluvio_hub_protocol::constants::{HUB_PACKAGE_META, PKG_TAG_META_PUBLISHED_AT};
 use fluvio_hub_protocol::validate_allowedchars;
 
 use crate::package_get_topfile;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ pub trait PackageMetaExt {
     fn manifest_paths<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, pkgpath_in: P) -> Result<Vec<String>>;
     fn write<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, pmetapath: P) -> Result<()>;
     fn update_from_cargo_toml<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, fpath: P) -> Result<()>;
+    fn published_at(&self) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>>;
 }
 
 impl PackageMetaExt for PackageMeta {
@@ -56,6 +58,23 @@ impl PackageMetaExt for PackageMeta {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn published_at(&self) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>> {
+        let published_at_pkg_tag = self
+            .tags
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or(HubError::General(String::from("No tags available")))?
+            .iter()
+            .find(|PkgTag { tag, .. }| tag == PKG_TAG_META_PUBLISHED_AT)
+            .ok_or(HubError::General(format!(
+                "Missing {PKG_TAG_META_PUBLISHED_AT} tag"
+            )))?;
+
+        let publisted_at = DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(published_at_pkg_tag.value.as_str())
+            .map_err(|err| HubError::General(format!("Failed to parse publish date. {}", err)))?;
+
+        Ok(publisted_at.to_utc())
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn packagename_validate(pkgname: &str) -> Result<()> {
@@ -144,6 +163,8 @@ pub fn package_meta_relative_path<P: AsRef<Path>, T: AsRef<Path>>(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use fluvio_hub_protocol::PkgTag;
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -458,4 +479,47 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn inf_meta_published_at_success() {
+        let pm = PackageMeta {
+            group: "infinyon".into(),
+            name: "example".into(),
+            version: "0.0.1".into(),
+            manifest: ["module.wasm".into()].to_vec(),
+            tags: Some(vec![PkgTag {
+                tag: PKG_TAG_META_PUBLISHED_AT.to_string(),
+                value: "Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:24:11 GMT".to_string(),
+            }]),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let published_at = pm.published_at();
+
+        assert!(published_at.is_ok());
+
+        let published_at = published_at.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(published_at.to_string(), "2022-11-22 21:24:11 UTC");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn inf_meta_published_at_missing_tag() {
+        let pm = PackageMeta {
+            group: "infinyon".into(),
+            name: "example".into(),
+            version: "0.0.1".into(),
+            manifest: ["module.wasm".into()].to_vec(),
+            tags: Some(vec![PkgTag {
+                tag: String::from("foo"),
+                value: String::from("bar"),
+            }]),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let published_at = pm.published_at();
+
+        assert!(published_at.is_err());
+        assert_eq!(
+            published_at.err().unwrap().to_string(),
+            format!("General Error: Missing inf::meta::published_at tag")
+        );
+    }
 }