Date Issue

[mcmuney]

I use a script that generates the RSS xml feed, but for whatever reason, all dates appear as Wednesday, December 31, 1969 3:00 PM:

 

$item->pubDate=date("F j, Y, g:i a");
$item->date = $event["added"];

 

Any ideas?

[animuson]

Are you trying to format the $event["added"] date into the format specified in pubDate? $item->pubDate should be stored as today's date and $item->date will be whatever $event['added'] is (whether it be a UNIX timestamp or a pre-formatted date).

 

What exactly is the $event['added'] date and what date are you trying to display?

[mcmuney]

$event['added'] is the date of each article was added, which is the date I want displayed. Thanks.

[animuson]

So then you would want to use it inside the date function.

 

$item->pubDate = date("F j, Y, g:i a", $event["added"]);

 

Assuming it's a UNIX timestamp (which you never actually confirmed), it will format the date using the given date format.