RSS API: pubDate Format Question and Read Time Field Addition

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We are calling the rss.xml API to fetch blog data, and recently we noticed an issue with the pubDate value. The response we are receiving looks like this: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000. We are unsure why the +0000 is included in the response. Could you please confirm the reason for this format? Additionally, could you add another field in the response that provides the estimated read time of the blog? This would allow us to display the reading time in our blog listings.

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FlexCrew

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+0000 is the timezone offset from UTC. In RSS (pubDate) the date format follows RFC-822 / RFC-2822: Day, DD Mon YYYY HH:mm:ss ±HHMM Reading time is not a standard RSS field. You should use 'description' field to extract text from html and compute read time by yourself. Ask ChatGPT/Claude.

Sai Krishna answered 4 days ago

Superblog Team

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Thank you for your response. I suspected that it might be related to the timezone, so thank you for confirming and clarifying that. Also, thank you for the suggestion regarding calculating the reading time. I appreciate your guidance.— FlexCrew, 3 days ago
Most welcome!— Sai Krishna, 3 days agoSuperblog Team

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Accepted Answer

+0000 is the timezone offset from UTC. In RSS (pubDate) the date format follows RFC-822 / RFC-2822: Day, DD Mon YYYY HH:mm:ss ±HHMM Reading time is not a standard RSS field. You should use 'description' field to extract text from html and compute read time by yourself. Ask ChatGPT/Claude.

Sai Krishna answered 4 days ago

Superblog Team

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Thank you for your response. I suspected that it might be related to the timezone, so thank you for confirming and clarifying that. Also, thank you for the suggestion regarding calculating the reading time. I appreciate your guidance.— FlexCrew, 3 days ago
Most welcome!— Sai Krishna, 3 days agoSuperblog Team

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