getFeed: How to format pubdate?

Sorry, this was a silly question, as pubdate is not a date at all, but a string; I need to just rearrange the info in that string...


If I use the [[+pubdate]] placeholder in my tpl to getFeed, I receive the default formatting. I'd like to change that format.

Would something like this work for an RSS item?


Thanks! [ed. note: pauhana last edited this post 12 years, 3 months ago.]

it actually should, did you try?

Check the RTFM for the filters here: http://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/making-sites-with-modx/customizing-content/input-and-output-filters-(output-modifiers)

Ah, good to know.

I had gone with using sscanf to chop things up and rearrange them, but I'd definitely prefer sticking with a standard filter/modifier...

Thanks much!

If it's a placeholder, it will need to be like this, otherwise you'll get the date of the page with the aggregator tag (e.g., getResources) for every doc:



Note that the date modifier calls strftime() not date(). The format tokens are not the same. The ones you want are here: http://us1.php.net//manual/en/function.strftime.php

Also, you may already know this, but pub_date and publishedon are not the same pub_date contains a future publication date and is usually cleared when the doc is published. The publishedon field holds the date that the doc last changed from unpublished to published (or the date it was created if it started out published).

Whether it works or not will depend on the parsing order, so you'll have to try it to see.

Thanks Bob.

Actually, what I'm dealing with is neither "publishedon" nor "pub_date", but rather the pubDate as it's reported within the feed xml:



I'm gonna tinker with things a bit, but it may turn out to be safest if I just deal with the value at the string level...

Cheers!