#8530 – Google invalid date on sitemap

Hi

Without full and real links, there's not much that can be done.

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

(I don't know why it doesnt works with secure connection https://www.[redacted].com/sitemap-4seo.xml)

It works perfectly under https (just look up the page source code):

Simply text is "white on white" and you can't see it, and the reason is because the stylesheet is blocked.

And the reason it is blocked is because it's loaded from the http address:

it's not secure to load an http file from an https page, so your browser is blocking it.

And the reason 4SEO is using the HTTP address instead of the proper, https one, is because that's what you have selected as your website address in  4SEO settings (Pages | Settings | Website home address).

So the first thing to do is fix the website home address, then go to Sitemaps | Rebuild Now and reload the sitemap in your browser (you may have to wait a few minutes before it's actually rebuilt).

So... the problem could be, the empty dates rows, the 0000-00-00 rows, or the "good rows" if the month is not in the right position.

The only invalid dates are the 000... ones. The first URL I can see with this problem is:

http://www.[redacted].com/entrevistas/2107-lisa-lutoff-perlo-la-nueva-organizacion-en-europa-es-una-gran-oportunidad-para-celebrity-cruises

So I'd suggest you:

- go and check all the settings for this item, including whether it has valid creation/modification recorded

- tell me what kind of content that is? a regular Joomla article? something else? [EDIT]: this is a K2 article, right?

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

No... my setup in Pages | Settings | Website Home address is ok with https

Well it was not set up correctly when the sitemap was first generated, as it's working fine now on https.

I'll rebuild the sitemap and see what happensI'll rebuild the sitemap and see what happens

You need to do this first:

- go and check all the settings for this item, including whether it has valid creation/modification recorded

Most of your articles are fine, only some don't have a date, so this suggests some creation/modification dates stored in the database are not correct. Did you import/export content at some point? or upgrade the site from Joomla 2 to 3 or something like that?

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Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

I already do that:

		$lastMod = $this->contentData['content']->modified;
		$lastMod = empty($lastMod)
			? $this->contentData['content']->created
			: $lastMod;

I think the problem is that K2 uses the outdated convention of '0000-00-00 00:00:00' when a datetime is empty instead using a NULL date. This will trigger an error with recent MYSQL versions.

I'll take it into account anyway. I'll have a dev version in a few minutes.

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Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

I have uploaded a dev version to the development versions download area. You can install over the current one and test the fix works. Make sure to clear any cache.

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Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

That's what it should have.  I am testing for the modified value to be '0000-00-00 00:00:00'.

This is what I have in my K2 installations:

Is this what you have also? or do you actually have:

and modified is 0000-00-00 

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Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

 but I think that in the sitemap should the Last Mod field should be filled the created date then,  but I think that in the sitemap should the Last Mod field should be filled the created date then, 

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That's what it should have.  I am testing for the modified value to be '0000-00-00 00:00:00'.

I think you need to redo the analysis. As the modification/creation date is stored during the analysis, not when the sitemap is created. We also use that date for other things, so we store it to avoid having to compute it again and again.

I have re-run a test locally and all K2 items get the creation date as expected, without any exception.

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Hi

Glad to hear that! Closing this ticket now, feel free to open a new one as needed. If you do so, please mention this ticket number in the new one.

If you created any superadmin account for us, be sure to delete or block it now to avoid unnecessary risk in the future.

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr