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by hyperair » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:18 pm
I've been following Routertech's RSS feed for some time now, and recently, all the dates disappeared from my RSS reader. I looked into the matter and found that the dates in the feed were formatted in this manner:
where the W3C standards say that it should be in this format:
The result is that the RSS reader I am using (I'm using Liferea-not sure about others) cannot display the time properly, as shown in the screenshot.
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by Kieran » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:20 pm
Thanks for the report. Has this changed recently? You mention it working before?
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by hyperair » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:21 pm
My memory's really bad, but I don't remember noticing the missing dates, so the issue must have cropped up only recently.
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by Kieran » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:40 pm
OK, thanks for the report, I'll have a look into this and see if i can correct the feed. It might have something to do with the time change from BST to GMT (thats the only change I can think of that has occurred) but we'll see.
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by hyperair » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:44 pm
Like I said, it's probably the date format, though I could be wrong.
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by Kieran » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:15 am
Yes, I've looked at how the feed is generated and located the problem. What we currently do is inspect the currently logged in users date settings (or the board wide one if a guest is viewing) and format the RSS date in that way. Because the way users wish to view the date differs from the way RSS expects the date, we are seeing this issue.
I'll see if I can apply a quick fix now. I'll post back when I think I've cracked it
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by hyperair » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:30 am
Glad to hear it. You can always ask me if you need any help. =)
EDIT: I reckon RSS readers usually use the board-wide one, especially external RSS readers. I know Liferea doesn't support cookies so there's no way it can authenticate. Well, there's the whole HTTP authentication thing but I don't think you implemented it on your RSS feed.
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by Kieran » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:46 am
Ok, can you let me know what your feed reader makes of it now?
EDIT: Nope, its still broken, I'll have another play
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by Kieran » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:01 pm
I believe the feed is fixed, it certainly validates now (I also fixed a small issue with the feed language and the usernames of the posters - they are supposed to be e-mail addresses apparently)
Let me know if your reader is happy with it
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by hyperair » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:05 pm
Awesome thanks. It works perfectly now. =)
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by Kieran » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:08 pm
Excellent, another bug squashed
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