Date missing in Arxiv feeds

gillesbonnet
I have started to use Zotero only recently, so please forgive me if my remark/question is stupid.

I have set up the following rss feed http://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=cat:math.MG&start=0&max_results=99&sortBy=lastUpdatedDate&sortOrder=descending
Things work quite well, except that the date does not show up. Namely the date field is empty for each article.

Is there a reason for that? Or is it a bug?
  • bwiernik
    edited October 17, 2017
    This would usually be because ArXiV isn't including that information in their RSS feeds. You will need to contact ArXiV about that.
  • gillesbonnet
    I see. It is weird because in other feed reader (e.g. Vienna) shows the date for exactly the same feed. I had a look at the XML file corresponding to the feed above.
    In an entry there are two items about time. The first is of the form
    < updated > 2017-10-16T15:40:31Z < /updated >
    while the second is of the form
    < published > 2016-03-03T19:39:34Z < /published >

    (Note that I added myself spaces around the symbols < and > since otherwise it would not appear in this forum)

    Shouldn't one of these two items be considered as the date?
  • gillesbonnet
    Another remark about this issue. Although the date does not appear when it is in the RSS feed, it does appear correctly when it is added to my library.
  • bwiernik
    You mean when you click the Add to My Library buttions in the feed?
  • gillesbonnet
    Yes.
    1. I click the "Add to my Library" button in the feed
    2. I go to My Library and click on the corresponding article
    3. the date appear (and is correct) in the information column on the right

    This is a good thing. I mentioned that because I am surprised that once it is in my library the date is well retrieved, but when it is in the feed there is no date appearing.
  • bwiernik
    Hmm, that does seem like a potential bug in the display of the feed items then.
  • dstillman
    Date parsing was broken for Atom feeds. I've fixed this for the next version — thanks. As noted, this doesn't affect saved items, only the ones displayed in the feed.
  • gillesbonnet
    Wonderfull! It now works fine for me. Thanks.
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