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During the review process of the sitemap and recent article modified date updates, I noted that I had missed adding the last modified date to my dynamic XML sitemap. I couldn't recall the correct format so thought I would post it for later use.

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While not required in an XML sitemap the lastmod element can inform search engines on the last date that the particular page was modified. Here is a typical example.

<lastmod>2018-12-26</lastmod>

The lastmod element in the XML sitemap will support any W3C date or data and time format. Typically either YYYY-MM-DD format or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm: ssTZD is preferred.

Here is an example of a full entry for reference.

<url> <loc>https://www.bryan-myers.com/articles/website-notes/update/website-updates-planned-december-2018/</loc> <changefreq>monthly</changefreq> <priority>0.8</priority> <lastmod>2018-12-26</lastmod> </url>

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

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