diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
index 8ca47d1db0fd4a8d7dd00975a003c47a3fa23539..e3006a11acd1e64caf99bf2a9abe65a7b25cc31a 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
@@ -107,4 +107,21 @@ def odsh_upload_known_formats():
     return value
 
 def odsh_encodeurl(url):
-    return urllib.quote(url, safe='')
\ No newline at end of file
+    return urllib.quote(url, safe='')
+
+def odsh_extract_error(key, errors):
+    if not errors or not ('extras' in errors):
+        return None
+    ext = errors['extras']
+    for item in ext:
+        if 'key' in item:
+            for error in item['key']:
+                if error.startswith(key):
+                    return error.replace(key+':','')
+
+def odsh_extract_value_from_extras(extras, key):
+    if not extras:
+        return None
+    for item in extras:
+        if 'key' in item and item['key'].lower() == key:
+            return item['value']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo
index c95ab37b7b246ec07bc35948f19a82d5b63f66ac..91550d475d3d3b14a514f413e8d44e2f15df3c80 100644
Binary files a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo and b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo differ
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po
index 10c6577fa1cf294bea25256b7b4903c44173ea5f..cdb4740e8d967875bfd4c91f7d0617ebeb7d05b6 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ msgstr "Bitte geben Sie einen Titel ein"
 msgid "odsh_issued_error_label"
 msgstr "Bitte wählen Sie ein Veröffentlichungsdatum"
 
+
+msgid "odsh_issued_not_date_error_label"
+msgstr "Bitte wählen Sie ein korrektes Veröffentlichungsdatum"
+
 msgid "Tag string: Fehlender Wert"
 msgstr "Bitte wählen Sie geeignete Schlagwörter"
 
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py b/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py
index 1751de4650caec9a81fec4a780b42bed63993703..b2b925d0b4a392fc5c425d2f3d74f7f40ba1664a 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ def known_spatial_uri(key, data, errors, context):
     spatial = str()
     cr = csv.reader(mapping_file, delimiter="\t")
     for row in cr:
-        print(data[key])
-        print(row[0])
         if row[0] == data[key]:
             not_found = False
             spatial_text = row[1]
@@ -109,6 +107,30 @@ def known_spatial_uri(key, data, errors, context):
     data[('extras', new_index+1, 'key')] = 'spatial'
     data[('extras', new_index+1, 'value')] = spatial
 
+def _extract_value(key,data,field):
+    key = None
+    for k in data.keys():
+        if data[k] == field:
+            key = k
+            break
+    if key is None:
+        return None
+
+    return data[(key[0],key[1],'value')]
+
+
+def odsh_validate_issued(key, data, errors, context):
+    value = _extract_value(key,data,'issued')
+
+    if not value:
+        raise toolkit.Invalid('issued:odsh_issued_error_label')
+    
+    try:
+        datetime.datetime.strptime(value, '%Y-%m-%d')
+    except ValueError:
+        raise toolkit.Invalid('issued:odsh_issued_not_date_error_label')
+
+
 
 def odsh_tag_name_validator(value, context):
     tagname_match = re.compile('[\w \-.\:\(\)]*$', re.UNICODE)
@@ -180,7 +202,9 @@ class OdshPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin, DefaultTranslation, DefaultDatasetForm
                 'odsh_get_spatial_text': odsh_helpers.odsh_get_spatial_text,
                 'odsh_render_datetime': odsh_helpers.odsh_render_datetime,
                 'odsh_upload_known_formats': odsh_helpers.odsh_upload_known_formats,
-                'odsh_encodeurl': odsh_helpers.odsh_encodeurl
+                'odsh_encodeurl': odsh_helpers.odsh_encodeurl,
+                'odsh_extract_error': odsh_helpers.odsh_extract_error,
+                'odsh_extract_value_from_extras': odsh_helpers.odsh_extract_value_from_extras
                 }
 
     def before_map(self, map):
@@ -251,7 +275,7 @@ class OdshPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin, DefaultTranslation, DefaultDatasetForm
         return ['title', 'notes']
 
     def _extraFields(self):
-        return ['issued', 'temporal_start', 'temporal_end', 'spatial_uri', 'licenseAttributionByText']
+        return ['temporal_start', 'temporal_end', 'spatial_uri', 'licenseAttributionByText']
 
     def _update_schema(self, schema):
         for field in self._extraFields():
@@ -284,6 +308,11 @@ class OdshPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin, DefaultTranslation, DefaultDatasetForm
             'format': [toolkit.get_converter('not_empty')]
         })
 
+        schema['extras'].update({
+            'key': [toolkit.get_converter('odsh_validate_issued')]
+        })
+
+
     def create_package_schema(self):
         schema = super(OdshPlugin, self).create_package_schema()
         self._update_schema(schema)
@@ -315,6 +344,7 @@ class OdshPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin, DefaultTranslation, DefaultDatasetForm
     def get_validators(self):
         return {'odsh_convert_groups_string': odsh_convert_groups_string,
                 'known_spatial_uri': known_spatial_uri,
+                'odsh_validate_issued': odsh_validate_issued,
                 'odsh_tag_name_validator': odsh_tag_name_validator}
 
     def extend_search_convert_local_to_utc_timestamp(self, str_timestamp):
@@ -378,8 +408,6 @@ class OdshPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin, DefaultTranslation, DefaultDatasetForm
         fq = '{fq} ({start_query} OR {end_query} {enclosing_query})'.format(
             fq=fq, start_query=start_query, end_query=end_query, enclosing_query=enclosing_query)
 
-        print(fq)
-
         # return modified facet queries
         search_params['fq'] = fq
 
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/info.html b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/info.html
index 3e67621aaec07cfc1ae6a534a4c5cf9515bd9dc0..fdd13eb37c5228a807f673aa3238b8769234bdc0 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/info.html
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/info.html
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Example:
 
             {% block last_change %}
             <div class="last-change-detail info-detail">
-                {%set issued=h.odsh_render_datetime(pkg.issued) if pkg.issued else
-                h.odsh_render_datetime(pkg.metadata_created)%}
+                {% set value = h.odsh_extract_value_from_extras(pkg.extras,'issued')%}
+                {% set issued = h.odsh_render_datetime(value) if value else h.odsh_render_datetime(pkg.metadata_created)%} 
                 <div>{{ _('issued') }}:</div>
                 {{issued}}
             </div>
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
index e0b8504906b0b40361f9479d0fbe44a527eb3b70..d4903e9d1cded62f4513e53f0e8d78c018b3e0ea 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
@@ -95,11 +95,28 @@ is_required=true,placeholder=_('Enter title')) }}
     </div>
 
     <!-- field issued -->
-    {% set issued_value=data.issued if data.issued else h.odsh_now() %}
-    {% set error_string = _('odsh_issued_error_label') if errors.issued %}
-    {% set issued_label='Veröffentlichungsdatum'%}
-    {{ form.input('issued', id='field-issued', label=issued_label, value=issued_value,
-    error=error_string, classes=['control-full'], type='date', is_required=true) }}
+
+    {% set field='issued' %}
+    {% set value = h.odsh_extract_value_from_extras(data.extras,field)%}
+    {% set value_extras = value if value else h.odsh_now() %}
+    {% set index = 4 %}
+
+    <div class="control-group control-full">
+            <label class="control-label" for="field-{{field}}">Veröffentlichungsdatum: <span title="Dieses Feld ist erforderlich" class="control-required">*</span> </label>
+            <div class="controls">
+            <div class="row-fluid">
+                <div class="span6">
+                    <input id="field-{{field}}-key" type="hidden" name="extras__{{index}}__key" value="{{field}}"  />
+                    <input id="field-{{field}}-value" type="text" name="extras__{{index}}__value" value="{{value_extras}}"  />
+                </div>
+                <div class="span6 inline-error">
+                {% if h.odsh_extract_error(field, errors) %} 
+                {{_(h.odsh_extract_error(field, errors))}}
+                {% endif %}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
 
 
     <!-- field tags -->