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dates semantics in RSS

I'm reading the documentation of feedparser.

It describes 4 attributes related to date

  1. published
  2. updated
  3. created
  4. expired

What do these attributes mean in relation to RSS specification? It describes only pubDate

thank you

Solution

  • Feedparser covers several syndication formats, for example Atom syndication format (RFC 4287). That is why you see a mis-match with the (relatively old) RSS standard.

    The documentation for feedparser has details about the semantics and where in the feed it picks up the values:

    Published:

    The date this entry was first published

    Updated:

    The date this entry was last updated

    Created:

    The date this entry was first created (drafted)

    Expired:

    The date this entry is set to expire [...] This element is rare.