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Wrong Sitemap XML-Format (?) of the Google-XML-Sitemap plugin

Kalle1887

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Feb 23, 2015 - 8:09 am

Hi all,

I use the simple:press Google-XML-Sitemap plugin (in combination with Yoast Wordpress SEO plugin).
At the Google Webmaster tools I get an error because of the date-format.
It`s not e.g. "2015-02-23 12:29" but "1424696380".

You can see the problem here:
http://vogel-beobachtung.de/si....._index.xml

Has anybody an idea how to change this?

Thank you very much, Kalle

Yellow Swordfish

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Feb 23, 2015 - 8:33 am

I think you need to update it to the latest version. Should be in your WordPress updates list.

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Kalle1887

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Feb 23, 2015 - 9:15 am

Hi Yellow Swordfish,

thank you very much, but I use simple:press Version 5.5.4 and Google XML-Sitemap 2.3.2.
I think these are the newest versions?

Best regards, Kalle

Yellow Swordfish

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Feb 23, 2015 - 9:24 am

Curious... Are you using the most recent version of Yoast as well?

A user reported a problem with dates prior to our 5.5.4 release which was fixed and released in the GSP 2.3.2 release and verified as corrected at that time.

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Feb 23, 2015 - 9:50 am

Yes, also Yoast is the newest version.

A weird thing is:

If I have a look at: http://vogel-beobachtung.de/si....._index.xml

...the time format is in the "wrong" format, but if I visite:

http://vogel-beobachtung.de/fo.....itemap.xml

..the format is well. Might that be a bug?

Best regards, Kalle

Yellow Swordfish

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Feb 23, 2015 - 11:45 am

I am sorry to say that our Google Sitemap, SEO and Yoast team member is on vacation at the moment so I am ill-equipped to know. I am going to find the thread that raised the date issue in the first place to see if there is any information that might help. Will post back in a little while.

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Feb 23, 2015 - 11:48 am

here is the thread: https://simple-press.com/suppo.....te-format/

I don't know if that helps but does it sound like a similar issue? The latest code you are using does have this change in it.

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Feb 23, 2015 - 12:07 pm

HI Yellow Swordfish,

thank you very much. That was a good help.

I changed:

function sp_google_sitemap_do_generate_yoast_main() {
$map = '';

   $base = $GLOBALS['wp_rewrite']->using_index_permalinks() ? 'index.php/' : '';
    $date = spdb_table(SFPOSTS, '', 'UNIX_TIMESTAMP(post_date)', 'post_date DESC', '1');
   $map.= '<sitemap>'."
";
   $map.= '<loc>'.home_url($base.'forum-sitemap.xml').'</loc>'."
";
   $map.= '<lastmod>'.date($date).' </lastmod>'."
";
   $map.= '</sitemap>' . "
";

return $map;
}

Into:

function sp_google_sitemap_do_generate_yoast_main() {
$map = '';

   $base = $GLOBALS['wp_rewrite']->using_index_permalinks() ? 'index.php/' : '';
    $date = spdb_table(SFPOSTS, '', 'UNIX_TIMESTAMP(post_date)', 'post_date DESC', '1');
   $map.= '<sitemap>'."
";
   $map.= '<loc>'.home_url($base.'forum-sitemap.xml').'</loc>'."
";
   $map.= '<lastmod>'.htmlspecialchars(date('c', $date)).'</lastmod>'."
";
   $map.= '</sitemap>' . "
";

return $map;
}

...now it works :-)