showing date on ashx page (rss)

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sck10

Hello,

I created an ashx file for my rss feed (rss.ashx). I notice on the site
(http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml) that the date
(Yesterday, October 30, 2006, 3:02:37 PM) is shown above the "description"
tag and in front of the green arrow. My question is, what tag shows this
date?

On my a page, the date doesn't show.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>RSS Feed</title>
<link>http://mylink.com</link>
<description>Home Site</description>
<ttl>60</ttl>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Allcatel-Lucent Merger Update ]]></title>
<link>http://MERGER_0.HTML</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://MERGER_0.HTML</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Alcatel and converged networks. ]]>
</description>
<pubDate>12/30/2006 7:05:00 PM</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

Thanks, sck10
 
Hi,

After carefully reviewed your question, I'm not still quite clear about it.
Did you mean the "pubDate" element in the RSS file?

Based on your previous posts about RSS, I assume you're using the RSS
Toolkit. You could use "rssdl.exe" to generate a strong typed object model
over the RSS feed and access the pubDate property easily. You can find an
example here:


#ScottGu's Blog : Awesome ASP.NET 2.0 RSS Tool-Kit Released
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/02/22/438738.aspx
The RSS Toolkit also adds support for creating a strongly-typed object
model over a remote RSS feed. This allows you to program against RSS data
in a clean, easy way.


Let me know if I've misunderstood your question.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi Walter,

Actually, I am creating the feed from my own ashx page, not using the tool.
My page is working, I just cant' get the date to show. I noticed other
sites show the date the same way. When I look at the source file, I can't
figure out what xml tag is being used.

So if you go to the site
(http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml), you will see
"Today, November 01, 2006, 34 minutes ago". When I look at the source file,
that text is not in there. Somehow, its being generated. What I am trying
to figure out is how to generate the date in my ashx page.

Thanks for your help...
 
Hi,

I'm sorry but I can only see the raw xml in IE about the url
"http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml".

Regarding the "Today, November 01, 2006, 34 minutes ago", I guess it's
generated by some script (or XSLT?). Consider this: to get the "34 minutes
ago" info, you must compute it using current date, which means it's dynamic
rather than static. What I mean is that this should be done by the clients
who consume your RSS feed, your feed should only need to contain the static
"pubDate" field.

Regards,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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