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

delete "EES" Mine is like this 2013-12-26T19:00:00-05:00 and it works http://www.industry-automation-parts.com/1_e_0_sitemap.xml

Answer 2

with moment.js;

moment().format('YYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ')

Answer 3

If you have the timestamp you can format the date correctly like this:

<lastmod><?php echo date('c', $timestamp); ?></lastmod>

Time stamp could be time() (for current time) or some other method of fetching a unix tiemstamp like strtotime()

Answer 4

You have a lot of formats to choose from. Using the c parameter with the date() function will get the recommended format for you.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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