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Finbar127 · 03-02-2011, 11:34 PM

My local paper is published weekly and the RSS is updated once a week. On the feed page the paper includes articles from the past two issues. No matter what I set oldest_article to calibre will always download all the articles. I looked at the source for the feed page (http://www.mahopacnews.com/rssheadlines.xml) and the only indication of the article date is in the article URL. Examples:

Code:

'http://www.mahopacnews.com/Articles-c-2011-03-01-207511.112113-Residents-question-timing-of-agencys-hearing.html'

'http://www.mahopacnews.com/Articles-c-2011-02-22-207434.112113-You-can-choose-to-be-happy.html'

How does calibre determine the article date when downloading articles?

I can extract the date using url.split. Is there a way to tell calibre to use this date to determine article age?

Must the date be in a particular format?

Thanks

03-02-2011, 11:34 PM	#1
Finbar127 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Article Date Not Recognized - Is There a Work-Around? My local paper is published weekly and the RSS is updated once a week. On the feed page the paper includes articles from the past two issues. No matter what I set oldest_article to calibre will always download all the articles. I looked at the source for the feed page (http://www.mahopacnews.com/rssheadlines.xml) and the only indication of the article date is in the article URL. Examples: Code: 'http://www.mahopacnews.com/Articles-c-2011-03-01-207511.112113-Residents-question-timing-of-agencys-hearing.html' 'http://www.mahopacnews.com/Articles-c-2011-02-22-207434.112113-You-can-choose-to-be-happy.html' How does calibre determine the article date when downloading articles? I can extract the date using url.split. Is there a way to tell calibre to use this date to determine article age? Must the date be in a particular format? Thanks