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> date that it was last modified. So, users get entries that appear to > be "old" even when they are "new." This confuses them. The issue here > has *nothing* to do with data format -- it is a question of semantics, My experience shows exactly the opposite; people report "new" when actually a post is old. But in any case, I fail to see how adding another field will stop people from putting the wrong dates in those fields -- the semantics of "pubDate" are remarkably clear, and people still screw it up. I would bet that in 99% of cases, people screw it up because they don't know better, NOT because "pubDate is the only field available and I really, really, want to store the last-update date in the field". Solving user ignorance by adding more features is not very smart.
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