Google Sitemap Date Format

Question

I need date format for sitemaps in php.

How can i do that ?

Is this output right ?

2012-08-02EEST18:01:18+03:00
         


        

Answer 1

To convert from a MySQL's datetime format to the one needed for lastmod in sitemaps, just use the PHP code below.

$lastmod = '2012-11-28 10:53:17'; //MySQL datetime format

$datetime = new DateTime($lastmod);
$result = $datetime->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:sP');

echo $result; //2012-11-28T10:53:17+01:00