GMT Time in ATOM feeds

pelican/utils.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import re
 import os
 import shutil
+import time
+import calendar
 from datetime import datetime
 from codecs import open as _open
 from itertools import groupby
@@ -222,3 +224,10 @@ def files_changed(path, extensions):
         LAST_MTIME = mtime
         return True
     return False
+
+def local_to_utc(t):
+    "Convert article time to UTC time for ATOM feeds"
+    secs = time.mktime(t)
+    gmtime = list(time.gmtime(secs))
+    gmtime[8] = 1
+    return datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(gmtime))

pelican/writers.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from functools import partial
 import locale
 
 from feedgenerator import Atom1Feed, Rss201rev2Feed
-from pelican.utils import get_relative_path
+from pelican.utils import get_relative_path, local_to_utc
 from pelican.paginator import Paginator
 from pelican.log import *
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Writer(object):
             description=item.content,
             categories=item.tags if hasattr(item, 'tags') else None,
             author_name=getattr(item, 'author', 'John Doe'),
-            pubdate=item.date)
+            pubdate=local_to_utc(item.date.timetuple()))
 
     def write_feed(self, elements, context, filename=None, feed_type='atom'):
         """Generate a feed with the list of articles provided