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

Your getting this output because you used the old recommended timestamp string of

Y-m-dTH:i:sP.

However, what you need is

Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

This single back slash will make the difference. At some point a capital T became a special character in PHP signifying timecode, so if you don't escape the T you will get exactly what your reporting.