{{- $scratch := newScratch }}

{{- if not .Date.IsZero -}}
{{- $scratch.Add "meta" (slice (printf "<span title='%s'>🗓 %s</span>" (.Date) (.Date | time.Format (default "January 2, 2006" site.Params.DateFormat)))) }}
{{- end }}

{{- if (.Param "ShowReadingTime") -}}
{{- $scratch.Add "meta" (slice (i18n "read_time" .ReadingTime | default (printf "%d min" .ReadingTime))) }}
{{- end }}

{{- if (.Param "ShowWordCount") -}}
{{- $scratch.Add "meta" (slice (i18n "words" .WordCount | default (printf "%d words" .WordCount))) }}
{{- end }}

{{- $author := (partial "author.html" .) }}
{{- $tags := (partial "tags.html" .) }}
{{- if $tags }}
    {{- $scratch.Add "meta" (slice $tags) -}}
{{- else}}
    {{- $scratch.Add "meta" (slice $author) -}}
{{- end}}

{{- with ($scratch.Get "meta") }}
{{- delimit . "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;" -}}
{{- end -}}