diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Create-APIReview.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Create-APIReview.ps1
index 0ef5e0ba6818..66f1f3bb4600 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Create-APIReview.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Create-APIReview.ps1
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ if ($packages)
                 # Ignore API review status for prerelease version
                 Write-Host "Package version is not GA. Ignoring API view approval status"
             }
+            elseif (!$pkgInfo.ReleaseDate -or $pkgInfo.ReleaseDate -eq "Unreleased")
+            {
+                Write-Host "Release date is not set for current version in change log file for package. Ignoring API review approval status since package is not yet ready for release."
+            }
             else
             {
                 # Return error code if status code is 201 for new data plane package
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1
index 64698a181b7e..f0c077c04a8d 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class PackageProps
     [string]$SdkType
     [boolean]$IsNewSdk
     [string]$ArtifactName
+    [string]$ReleaseDate
 
     PackageProps([string]$name, [string]$version, [string]$directoryPath, [string]$serviceDirectory)
     {
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ class PackageProps
         if (Test-Path (Join-Path $directoryPath "CHANGELOG.md"))
         {
             $this.ChangeLogPath = Join-Path $directoryPath "CHANGELOG.md"
+            # Get release date for current version and set in package property
+            $changeLogEntry = Get-ChangeLogEntry -ChangeLogLocation $this.ChangeLogPath -VersionString $this.Version
+            if ($changeLogEntry -and ![System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($changeLogEntry.ReleaseStatus))
+            {
+              $this.ReleaseDate = $changeLogEntry.ReleaseStatus.Trim().Trim("()")
+            } 
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Save-Package-Properties.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Save-Package-Properties.ps1
index 3de89434904a..e4a1e96f26ec 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Save-Package-Properties.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Save-Package-Properties.ps1
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if ($allPackageProperties)
             Write-Host "Package Version: $($pkg.Version)"
             Write-Host "Package SDK Type: $($pkg.SdkType)"
             Write-Host "Artifact Name: $($pkg.ArtifactName)"
+            Write-Host "Release date: $($pkg.ReleaseDate)"
             $configFilePrefix = $pkg.Name
             if ($pkg.ArtifactName)
             {