--- a/src/pyams_content/shared/news/__init__.py	Mon Jan 18 17:43:34 2016 +0100
+++ b/src/pyams_content/shared/news/__init__.py	Mon Jan 18 17:44:04 2016 +0100
@@ -21,12 +21,50 @@
 from pyams_content.component.links.interfaces import ILinkContainerTarget
 from pyams_content.component.paragraph.interfaces import IParagraphContainerTarget
 from pyams_content.component.theme.interfaces import IThemesTarget
-from pyams_content.shared.news.interfaces import INewsEvent, IWfNewsEvent, NEWS_CONTENT_TYPE, NEWS_CONTENT_NAME
+from pyams_content.shared.news.interfaces import INewsEvent, IWfNewsEvent, NEWS_CONTENT_TYPE, NEWS_CONTENT_NAME, \
+    DISPLAY_FIRST_VERSION, DISPLAY_CURRENT_VERSION, VERSION_DISPLAY
+from pyams_workflow.interfaces import IWorkflowVersions, VersionError, IWorkflowPublicationInfo
+from zope.schema.interfaces import IVocabularyFactory
 
 # import packages
 from pyams_content.shared.common import SharedContent, WfSharedContent, register_content_type
-from zope.interface import implementer
+from pyams_utils.date import format_date
+from pyams_utils.request import check_request
+from zope.interface import implementer, provider
 from zope.schema.fieldproperty import FieldProperty
+from zope.schema.vocabulary import SimpleVocabulary, SimpleTerm, getVocabularyRegistry
+
+
+@provider(IVocabularyFactory)
+class WfNewsDisplayedDateVocabulary(SimpleVocabulary):
+    """Base news event vocabulary"""
+
+    def __init__(self, context):
+        request = check_request()
+        terms = []
+        versions = IWorkflowVersions(context)
+        # check for current version
+        first_version_label = request.localizer.translate(VERSION_DISPLAY[DISPLAY_FIRST_VERSION])
+        try:
+            first_version = versions.get_version(1)
+        except VersionError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            info = IWorkflowPublicationInfo(first_version, None)
+            if info is not None and info.publication_effective_date:
+                first_version_label = '{0} ({1})'.format(first_version_label,
+                                                         format_date(info.publication_effective_date))
+        terms.append(SimpleTerm(DISPLAY_FIRST_VERSION, title=first_version_label))
+        # check for current version
+        current_version_label = request.localizer.translate(VERSION_DISPLAY[DISPLAY_CURRENT_VERSION])
+        info = IWorkflowPublicationInfo(context, None)
+        if info is not None and info.publication_effective_date:
+            current_version_label = '{0} ({1})'.format(current_version_label,
+                                                       format_date(info.publication_effective_date))
+        terms.append(SimpleTerm(DISPLAY_CURRENT_VERSION, title=current_version_label))
+        super(WfNewsDisplayedDateVocabulary, self).__init__(terms)
+
+getVocabularyRegistry().register('PyAMS news publication date', WfNewsDisplayedDateVocabulary)
 
 
 @implementer(IWfNewsEvent, IParagraphContainerTarget, IThemesTarget, IExtFileContainerTarget, ILinkContainerTarget,