diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb
index d22cb9826..5e454396e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb
@@ -39,15 +39,7 @@ module Admin
 
     def update
       article = Article.find(params[:id])
-      article.featured = article_params[:featured].to_s == "true"
-      article.approved = article_params[:approved].to_s == "true"
-      article.email_digest_eligible = article_params[:email_digest_eligible].to_s == "true"
-      article.boosted_additional_articles = article_params[:boosted_additional_articles].to_s == "true"
-      article.boosted_dev_digest_email = article_params[:boosted_dev_digest_email].to_s == "true"
-      article.user_id = article_params[:user_id].to_i if article_params[:user_id].present?
-      article.update(article_params)
-      article.co_author_ids = article_params[:co_author_ids]&.split(",")&.map(&:strip)
-      if article.save
+      if article.update(article_params)
         flash[:success] = "Article saved!"
       else
         flash[:danger] = article.errors_as_sentence
@@ -135,8 +127,9 @@ module Admin
                           main_image_background_hex_color
                           featured_number
                           user_id
-                          co_author_ids
-                          last_buffered]
+                          co_author_ids_list
+                          last_buffered
+                          published_at]
       params.require(:article).permit(allowed_params)
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 3339399d1..fe9658c95 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
                    spaminess_rating: BlackBox.calculate_spaminess(self))
   end
 
+  def co_author_ids_list=(list_of_co_author_ids)
+    self.co_author_ids = list_of_co_author_ids.split(",").map(&:strip)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def search_score
diff --git a/app/views/admin/articles/_individual_article.html.erb b/app/views/admin/articles/_individual_article.html.erb
index d89130f04..14241a5c6 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/articles/_individual_article.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/articles/_individual_article.html.erb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       <img src="<%= cloud_cover_url(article.main_image) %>" style="width:100%;max-width:380px;border-radius:8px;background:<%= article.main_image_background_hex_color %>;" alt="cover image" /><br />
     </div>
     <% end %>
-    <%= form_with url: admin_article_path(article.id), local: true do |f| %>
+    <%= form_with url: admin_article_path(article.id), model: article, local: true do |f| %>
     <div class="form-group">
       <input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓">
       <input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value="<%= form_authenticity_token %>" />
@@ -86,28 +86,35 @@
           value="<%= article.user_id %>">
       </div>
       <div class="form-group col">
-        <label for="co_author_ids_<%= article.id %>">Co-Author IDs (comma separated):</label>
-        <input id="co_author_ids_<%= article.id %>" class="form-control" size="6" name="article[co_author_ids]"
+        <label for="co_author_ids_list_<%= article.id %>">Co-Author IDs (comma separated):</label>
+        <input id="co_author_ids_list_<%= article.id %>" class="form-control" size="6" name="article[co_author_ids_list]"
           value="<%= article.co_author_ids&.join(", ") %>">
       </div>
     </div>
+    <% if article.published? %>
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="form-group col">
+          <label for="published_at_<%= article.id %>">Published at:</label>
+          <%= f.datetime_select :published_at, required: true, include_blank: true, include_seconds: true, class: "form-control" %> UTC
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    <% end %>
     <div class="row">
       <div class="form-check col">
-        <input name="article[featured]" type="checkbox" <%= "checked" if article.featured %> id="featured-<%= article.id %>">
+        <%= f.check_box :featured, id: "featured-#{article.id}" %>
         <label for="featured-<%= article.id %>">Featured</label>
       </div>
       <div class="form-check col">
-        <input name="article[approved]" type="checkbox" <%= "checked" if article.approved %> id="approved-<%= article.id %>">
+        <%= f.check_box :approved, id: "approved-#{article.id}" %>
         <label for="approved-<%= article.id %>">Approved</label>
       </div>
       <div class="form-check col">
-        <input name="article[boosted_additional_articles]" type="checkbox"
-          <%= "checked" if article.boosted_additional_articles %> id="boosted_additional_articles-<%= article.id %>">
+        <%= f.check_box :boosted_additional_articles, id: "boosted_additional_articles-#{article.id}" %>
         <label for="boosted_additional_articles-<%= article.id %>">Boosted</label>
       </div>
       <% unless article.last_buffered %>
       <div class="form-check col">
-        <input name="article[last_buffered]" value="<%= Time.current %>" type="checkbox" id="last_buffered-<%= article.id %>">
+        <%= f.check_box :last_buffered, id: "last_buffered-#{article.id}" %>
         <label for="last_buffered-<%= article.id %>">Mark as buffered</label>
       </div>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/spec/models/article_spec.rb b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
index 994165f64..b5f4adce4 100644
--- a/spec/models/article_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
@@ -961,4 +961,13 @@ RSpec.describe Article, type: :model do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "co_author_ids_list=" do
+    it "correctly sets co author ids from a comma separated list of ids" do
+      co_author1 = create(:user)
+      co_author2 = create(:user)
+      article.co_author_ids_list = "#{co_author1.id}, #{co_author2.id}"
+      expect(article.co_author_ids).to match_array([co_author1.id, co_author2.id])
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/articles_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/articles_spec.rb
index 0cc61e289..c4a8fe5fe 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/articles_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/articles_spec.rb
@@ -40,5 +40,17 @@ RSpec.describe "/admin/articles", type: :request do
         patch "/admin/articles/#{article.id}", params: { article: { featured: true } }
       end.to change { article.reload.featured }.to(true)
     end
+
+    it "allows an Admin to update the published at datetime for an article" do
+      updated_published_at = article.published_at - 5.hours
+      expect do
+        patch "/admin/articles/#{article.id}", params: { article: { "published_at(1i)": updated_published_at.year,
+                                                                    "published_at(2i)": updated_published_at.month,
+                                                                    "published_at(3i)": updated_published_at.day,
+                                                                    "published_at(4i)": updated_published_at.hour,
+                                                                    "published_at(5i)": updated_published_at.min,
+                                                                    "published_at(6i)": updated_published_at.sec } }
+      end.to change { article.reload.published_at }.to(DateTime.parse(updated_published_at.to_s))
+    end
   end
 end