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Jan 29, 2012, 1:33 AM

Matthias70

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Jan 29, 2012, 1:33 AM

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change Add_Date format

Hi Andy,
I'm trying to change my <%Add_Date%> format in the xml results plugin to a date google accepts
At the moment <%Add_Date%> output looks like this

Code:
<pubDate>Dienstag, 24.01.2012</pubDate>

I think google wants something like this

Code:
2012-01-24

Do you have a solution for this?

Matthias
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Jan 31, 2012, 11:23 AM

Matthias70

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Jan 31, 2012, 11:23 AM

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Re: [Matthias70] change Add_Date format In reply to

I tried it with

Code:
<pubDate><%GT::Date::date_transform($date,'%ddd%, %dd% %mmm% %yyyy%','%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%')%></pubDate>

But there is no output at all? Crazy

Matthias
gpaed.de

Jan 31, 2012, 2:07 PM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2012, 2:07 PM

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Re: [Matthias70] change Add_Date format In reply to

I think you have it the wrong way. Here is what the docs say:

Code:
date_transform ($date, $orig_fmt, $new_fmt);

So try:

Code:
<pubDate><%GT::Date::date_transform($date,'%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%','%ddd%, %dd% %mmm% %yyyy%')%></pubDate>

Hope that helps

Cheers

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Feb 1, 2012, 4:52 AM

Matthias70

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Feb 1, 2012, 4:52 AM

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Hi Andy,
there is still no output.
Seems that $date does not work in that template...

Matthias
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Feb 1, 2012, 4:56 AM

Andy

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Feb 1, 2012, 4:56 AM

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Re: [Matthias70] change Add_Date format In reply to

If its Add_Date you wanna convert, you need to use $Add_Date, not $date Wink

Code:
<pubDate><%GT::Date::date_transform($Add_Date,'%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%','%ddd%, %dd% %mmm% %yyyy%')%></pubDate>

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Feb 1, 2012, 7:25 AM

Matthias70

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Feb 1, 2012, 7:25 AM

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Hi Andy,

Code:
<%Add-Date%>

alone works fine
but

Code:
<%GT::Date::date_transform($Add_Date,'%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%','%ddd%, %dd% %mmm% %yyyy%')%>

has no output Frown

Matthias
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Feb 1, 2012, 7:53 AM

Andy

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Feb 1, 2012, 7:53 AM

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Re: [Matthias70] change Add_Date format In reply to

If you format is (as in your first post);

Dienstag, 24.01.2012

Then you need something like:

Code:
<%GT::Date::date_transform($Add_Date,'%dddd%, %dd%.%mm%.%yyyy%','%ddd%, %dd% %mmm% %yyyy%')%>

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Feb 1, 2012, 8:04 AM

Matthias70

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Feb 1, 2012, 8:04 AM

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Re: [Andy] change Add_Date format In reply to

Now I'm using this code. And it seems to work fine

Code:
<pubDate><%GT::Date::date_transform($Add_Date,'%dddd%, %dd%.%mm%.%yyyy%','%yyyy%-%mmm%-%dd%')%></pubDate>

Now I have this output

Code:
2012-01-28

Let's see what google says Wink

Thank you Andy

Matthias
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Feb 2, 2012, 5:11 AM

Matthias70

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Feb 2, 2012, 5:11 AM

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Hi Andy,
now the date in my xml sitemap ist fine.

But know google has a problem with some characters like this
&[/url]

Is there a way to exclude this characters from link titles and descriptions?

Thanks

Matthias
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Feb 2, 2012, 5:16 AM

Andy

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Feb 2, 2012, 5:16 AM

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Hi,

You would probably be best to just "encode" them.. for example: