05.02.2026 | Mathias Grab

How to create a <pubDate> date pattern (RFC822) to be used with Views RSS feeds

This snippet is an example config for a date format in Drupal which can be imported.

rss_feed_date_format.yml

langcode: en
status: true
dependencies: {  }
id: rss_feed_date_format
label: RFC822
locked: false
pattern: 'D, d M Y h:i:s O'

Change the date format via Sitebuilding
In the administrative menu open Configuration -> Region and language -> Date and time formats or open the path /admin/config/regional/date-time.
Then use the button "+ Add format".

Here you can give your new date format a label and enter D, d M Y h:i:s O as a fitting RFC822 <pubDate> format.

For more information about PHP date format options, see the official PHP documentation.

Issue:

RSS feeds require the date pattern to use RFC-822 format ('D, d M Y h:i:s O' | Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:00:00 EST). The main problem is that CET (Central European Time) is not supported by this RFC standard so we have to switch to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) + hhmm to have a valid value.

Solution:

Switch to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) + hhmm to have a valid value.

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