diff --git a/source/php/EventArchive.php b/source/php/EventArchive.php
index b4313ea6..5108aa51 100644
--- a/source/php/EventArchive.php
+++ b/source/php/EventArchive.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public function __construct()
 
         add_filter('Municipio/Archive/showFilter', [$this, 'showFilter'], 999);
         add_filter('Municipio/Archive/getTaxonomyFilters/taxonomies', [$this, 'taxonomyFilters'], 999, 2);
+        add_filter('Municipio/Controller/Archive/getDate', [$this, 'getDate'], 10, 2);
     }
 
     private function occasionsTableExist() {
@@ -55,6 +56,16 @@ public function taxonomyFilters($taxonomies, $taxonomy)
         return $taxonomies;
     }
 
+    public function getDate($date, $post)
+    {
+
+        if ($post->postType !== $this->eventPostType || empty($post->startDate)) {
+            return $date;
+        }
+
+        return $post->startDate;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Show event start & end date instead of publish date when calling "the_time()" within an event archive
      */