diff --git a/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html b/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html
index 5663a24..3b281bc 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     </section>
     {{ end }}
 
-    {{- if not .Lastmod.IsZero -}}
+    {{- if ne .Lastmod .Date -}}
     <section class="article-time">
         {{ (resources.Get "icons/clock.svg").Content | safeHTML }}
         <span class="article-time--modified">Last updated on {{ .Lastmod.Format ( or .Site.Params.dateFormat "Jan 02, 2006 15:04 MST" ) }}</span>