---
title: "Update the topic release date"
method: PUT
path: "/topics/{id}/release-date"
tags: ["Private"]
---

# Update the topic release date

`PUT /topics/{id}/release-date`

Updates a topic's release date against the next nested object. Unavailable to view by public endpoints until published, ('next' object overwrites 'current' object)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- TopicRelease — Object containing topic release details.
  - `release_date` string, date-time — The release date formatted to abide by RFC3339.

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request, messages could be 1 of the following: * request body empty * invalid topic release date, must use **RFC3339** format
- `401` — Failed to process the request due to being unauthorised.
- `404` — #/responses/NotFound
- `500` — Failed to process the request due to an internal error.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/office-of-national-statistics/apis/topic-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/office-of-national-statistics/apis/topic-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/office-of-national-statistics/topic-api/revisions/84b8391c5030/schema)