diff --git a/src/main/engine/WxrParser.ts b/src/main/engine/WxrParser.ts
index a94b792..b885f2b 100644
--- a/src/main/engine/WxrParser.ts
+++ b/src/main/engine/WxrParser.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export interface WxrPost {
   content: string;
   excerpt: string;
   pubDate: Date | null;
+  postDate: Date | null;
+  postModified: Date | null;
   creator: string;
   status: string;
   postType: string;
@@ -197,6 +199,26 @@ export class WxrParser {
       }
     }
 
+    // Parse WordPress local post date (wp:post_date)
+    const postDateStr = this.getElementText(item, 'post_date', NS.wp);
+    let postDate: Date | null = null;
+    if (postDateStr) {
+      const parsed = new Date(postDateStr.replace(' ', 'T') + 'Z');
+      if (!isNaN(parsed.getTime())) {
+        postDate = parsed;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Parse WordPress local modification date (wp:post_modified)
+    const postModifiedStr = this.getElementText(item, 'post_modified', NS.wp);
+    let postModified: Date | null = null;
+    if (postModifiedStr) {
+      const parsed = new Date(postModifiedStr.replace(' ', 'T') + 'Z');
+      if (!isNaN(parsed.getTime())) {
+        postModified = parsed;
+      }
+    }
+
     return {
       wpId: parseInt(this.getElementText(item, 'post_id', NS.wp) || '0', 10),
       title: this.getDirectChildText(item, 'title'),
@@ -204,6 +226,8 @@ export class WxrParser {
       content: this.getElementText(item, 'encoded', NS.content),
       excerpt: this.getElementText(item, 'encoded', NS.excerpt),
       pubDate,
+      postDate,
+      postModified,
       creator: this.getElementText(item, 'creator', NS.dc),
       status: this.getElementText(item, 'status', NS.wp),
       postType: this.getElementText(item, 'post_type', NS.wp),
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/ImportAnalysisView/ImportAnalysisView.tsx b/src/renderer/components/ImportAnalysisView/ImportAnalysisView.tsx
index 4d9afdb..aea8d5a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/ImportAnalysisView/ImportAnalysisView.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/ImportAnalysisView/ImportAnalysisView.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ interface AnalyzedPostItem {
     status: string;
     excerpt: string;
     pubDate: string | null;
+    postDate: string | null;
+    postModified: string | null;
     creator: string;
     postType: string;
     categories: string[];
diff --git a/tests/engine/WxrParser.test.ts b/tests/engine/WxrParser.test.ts
index 005b656..087ceb5 100644
--- a/tests/engine/WxrParser.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/WxrParser.test.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ const WXR_WITH_POST = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <excerpt:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog.]]></excerpt:encoded>
       <wp:post_id>42</wp:post_id>
       <wp:post_date>2024-01-15 10:30:00</wp:post_date>
+      <wp:post_date_gmt>2024-01-15 10:30:00</wp:post_date_gmt>
+      <wp:post_modified>2024-01-20 15:45:30</wp:post_modified>
+      <wp:post_modified_gmt>2024-01-20 15:45:30</wp:post_modified_gmt>
       <wp:post_name>hello-world</wp:post_name>
       <wp:status>publish</wp:status>
       <wp:post_type>post</wp:post_type>
@@ -351,6 +354,28 @@ describe('WxrParser', () => {
       expect(post.pubDate).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
     });
 
+    it('should extract postDate and postModified from WXR', () => {
+      const result = parser.parseXml(WXR_WITH_POST);
+      const post = result.posts[0];
+
+      // postDate is the WordPress local creation date
+      expect(post.postDate).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+      expect(post.postDate?.toISOString()).toBe('2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z');
+
+      // postModified is the WordPress local modification date  
+      expect(post.postModified).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+      expect(post.postModified?.toISOString()).toBe('2024-01-20T15:45:30.000Z');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle missing postDate and postModified gracefully', () => {
+      const result = parser.parseXml(WXR_WITH_PAGE);
+      const page = result.pages[0];
+
+      // Page test data doesn't have post_date/post_modified
+      expect(page.postDate).toBeNull();
+      expect(page.postModified).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('should parse a page and put it in pages array', () => {
       const result = parser.parseXml(WXR_WITH_PAGE);