diff --git a/example/src/main/java/com/example/MainActivity.java b/example/src/main/java/com/example/MainActivity.java
index b349d22a..6fff5e6c 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/com/example/MainActivity.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/com/example/MainActivity.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public void trackPlay(View view) {
                 new ArrayList<String>(),
                 "http://example.com/thumbs/video-1234",
                 "Awesome Video #1234",
-                System.currentTimeMillis(),
+                Calendar.getInstance(),
                 90
         );
         // NOTE: For videos embedded in an article, "url" should be the URL for that article.
diff --git a/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadata.kt b/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadata.kt
index 9c43ee07..201b4eb5 100644
--- a/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadata.kt
+++ b/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadata.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.parsely.parselyandroid
 
+import java.util.Calendar
+
 /**
  * Represents post metadata to be passed to Parsely tracking.
  *
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ open class ParselyMetadata
  * @param tags     User-defined tags for the content. Up to 20 are allowed.
  * @param thumbUrl URL at which the main image for this content is located.
  * @param title    The title of the content.
- * @param publicationDateMilliseconds  The date this piece of content was published.
+ * @param pubDate  The date this piece of content was published.
  */(
     private val authors: List<String>? = null,
     @JvmField internal val link: String? = null,
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ open class ParselyMetadata
     private val tags: List<String>? = null,
     private val thumbUrl: String? = null,
     private val title: String? = null,
-    private val publicationDateMilliseconds: Long? = null
+    private val pubDate: Calendar? = null
 ) {
     /**
      * Turn this object into a Map
@@ -54,8 +56,8 @@ open class ParselyMetadata
         if (title != null) {
             output["title"] = title
         }
-        if (publicationDateMilliseconds != null) {
-            output["pub_date_tmsp"] = publicationDateMilliseconds / 1000
+        if (pubDate != null) {
+            output["pub_date_tmsp"] = pubDate.timeInMillis / 1000
         }
         return output
     }
diff --git a/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyVideoMetadata.kt b/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyVideoMetadata.kt
index 7d4857e6..4a877e31 100644
--- a/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyVideoMetadata.kt
+++ b/parsely/src/main/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyVideoMetadata.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.parsely.parselyandroid
 
+import java.util.Calendar
+
 /**
  * ParselyMetadata for video content.
  */
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ class ParselyVideoMetadata
  * @param tags            User-defined tags for the video. Up to 20 are allowed.
  * @param thumbUrl        URL at which the main image for this video is located.
  * @param title           The title of the video.
- * @param publicationDateMilliseconds         The timestamp in milliseconds this video was published.
+ * @param pubDate         The timestamp in milliseconds this video was published.
  * @param durationSeconds Duration of the video in seconds. Required.
  */(
     authors: List<String>? = null,
@@ -22,9 +24,9 @@ class ParselyVideoMetadata
     tags: List<String>? = null,
     thumbUrl: String? = null,
     title: String? = null,
-    publicationDateMilliseconds: Long? = null,
+    pubDate: Calendar? = null,
     @JvmField internal val durationSeconds: Int
-) : ParselyMetadata(authors, videoId, section, tags, thumbUrl, title, publicationDateMilliseconds) {
+) : ParselyMetadata(authors, videoId, section, tags, thumbUrl, title, pubDate) {
     /**
      * Turn this object into a Map
      *
diff --git a/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/EventsBuilderTest.kt b/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/EventsBuilderTest.kt
index 9cc989b5..8f57335b 100644
--- a/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/EventsBuilderTest.kt
+++ b/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/EventsBuilderTest.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.assertj.core.api.MapAssert
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 
 internal class EventsBuilderTest {
     private lateinit var sut: EventsBuilder
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ internal class EventsBuilderTest {
     fun `given metadata is not null, when creating a pixel, include metadata`() {
         // given
         val metadata = ParselyMetadata(
-            ArrayList<String>(), "link", "section", null, null, null, 0
+            ArrayList<String>(), "link", "section", null, null, null, null
         )
 
         // when
diff --git a/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadataTest.kt b/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadataTest.kt
index 290d7c59..3bf8b61e 100644
--- a/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadataTest.kt
+++ b/parsely/src/test/java/com/parsely/parselyandroid/ParselyMetadataTest.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ParselyMetadataTest {
             tags,
             thumbUrl,
             title,
-            publicationDate.inWholeMilliseconds
+            pubDate
         )
 
         // when
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ParselyMetadataTest {
             tags,
             thumbUrl,
             title,
-            publicationDate.inWholeMilliseconds,
+            pubDate,
             duration
         )
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ParselyMetadataTest {
         val tags = arrayListOf("first tag", "second tag")
         val thumbUrl = "sample thumb url"
         val title = "sample title"
-        val publicationDate = 100.seconds
+        val pubDate = Calendar.getInstance().apply { set(2023, 0, 1) }
 
         val expectedParselyMetadataMap = mapOf(
             "authors" to authors,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class ParselyMetadataTest {
             "tags" to tags,
             "thumb_url" to thumbUrl,
             "title" to title,
-            "pub_date_tmsp" to publicationDate.inWholeSeconds
+            "pub_date_tmsp" to pubDate.timeInMillis / 1000
         )
     }
 }