Yahoo! RSS Reader showing wrong dates for our feed

[pagetta]

We have a XML feed for our corporate website. I am subscribed to it through FeedReader and it shows up no problem, however my colleague is signed up to it in Yahoo! reader and all of the dates next to the posts say 'one year ago', even for posts that are one day old.

Any ideas why this is happenning?? is this something needs changing in my XML Feed, or a bug in the feed reader? Any advice much appreciated!

[kgun]

1. Which RSS (XML) format do you use?
2. Is the code valid and well-formed?
3. Have you checked in other readers?
4. Can you give us the markup that is getting wrong?

[pagetta]

my xml file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>

<title>My Wesbite</title>
<description>Website Description</description>
<link>http://www.mysite.com</link>

<item>
<title>News Item Title</title>
<link>http://www.mysite.com/news/20090428.asp</link>
<guid>http://www.mysite.com/news/20090428.asp</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 April 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>28.04.2009 - Headline of news item goes here</description>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>


The other readers all display the correct dates, just seems to be Yahoo! playing up.

It displays the correct date when the item is unread, but once the item becomes a day or so old the date always says 'one year ago'

Thanks

[kgun]

1. I use <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> (See code example at the bottom).
2. Have your tried the Date element used in the Dublin Core model instead of pubDate? (I use pubDate myself and it functions fine when I parse it on another site, so most probably it is a bug in the Yahoo reader).
3. Not an ideal solution, but it may function. Many sites that deliver RSS feeds use more than one format like Atom. That can solve the problem.
4. If you use Dreamweaver you probably know of the inbuilt validator (Check page on the File menu).

More about RDF and Dublin core: http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/

Here is a simple example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>DigitalLogistikk RSS feed</title>
<description>
Digital Logistikk er &amp;#229; transportere riktig digital vare eller
tjeneste til rett person til riktig tid. Digital avertering og
&quot;branding&quot; er et eksempel p&amp;#229; en slik vare.
</description>
<link>http://www.digitallogistikk.no/</link>
<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
<lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:25:48 +0100</lastBuildDate>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:24:47 +0100</pubDate>
<generator>FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) unlicensed version</generator>
<item>
<title>Digital logistikk er digital transport av varer og tjenester som for eksempel av digital avertering og &quot;branding.&quot;
</title>
<description>En kelner som bringer mat og drikke ut til bordene p&amp;#229; en
restaurant er en transportarbeider. Digitale data, informasjon
eller kommunikasjon er ikke noe annet. En l&amp;#230;rer som
underviser deg i et virtuelt datarom leverer en tjeneste, digital
undevisning. Det dreier seg om transport av informasjon fra
l&amp;#230;rer til elev, men det dreier seg ogs&amp;#229; om kommunikasjon.
</description>
<link>http://www.digitallogistikk.no/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:24:47 +0100</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

[wige]

Hm... I notice that the pubDate element in the code you showed is actually from last year... Is it possible that most feeds are showing the date when they detect the item changed until it is read, then reverting to the pubDate once the item gets marked as read?

Would you be able to share here or in PM a link to the actual feed?