datePublished & dateModified schema wrong

  • Sometimes I feel surprised, even though the article has just been posted, but on Google or Google News, the time it appears is not right.

    After I looked at the HTML source, I found something strange in the schema created by AIO SEO.

    For example in this post: https://teknologi.info/2612213/rekomendasi-pc-desktop-terbaik-di-indonesia/

    If I check the database, the results are like this:

    post_date = 2023-09-26 11:53:06
    post_date_gmt = 2023-09-26 03:53:06

    which is correct, because I set the time zone to GMT+8.

    BUT, if you look at the schema structure, what this plugin takes is post_date_gmt so it becomes:

    “datePublished”:”2023-09-26T03:53:06+08:00″

    This is what causes every time I publish an article, every time Google indexes the article, it should only take a few minutes, but on Google or Google News it can appear several hours ago.

    Let’s take the example I just posted https://teknologi.info/1412323/download-wallpaper-ekslusif-windows-insider-9-tahun/ . Now, when I take this screenshot, it is currently 15:09 (GMT+8)

    https://prnt.sc/P_Duf3kDe52g

    Pay attention to the description on Google News: 12 hours ago!

    In fact, this article was posted at:

    post_date = 2023-10-14 10:40:13 (My sitemap shows the correct hours)
    post_date_gmt = 2023-10-14 02:40:13

    If your schema is correct, Google News should say 4 or 5 hours ago. But because the AIO schema takes it from post_date_gmt so it becomes 12 hours ago.

    This also applies to dateModified

    Or am I mistaken?

    Thanks for your help

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  • Thread Starter Jimmy Ahyari

    (@71mm0)

    For now, i edit manually all-in-one-seo-pack\app\Common\Schema\Graphs\Article\Article.php and change post_date_gmt to post_date and post_modified_gmt to post_modified

    If you have any other solution, let me know. Thanks

    Hi @71mm0 ,

    Thank you so much for getting in touch.

    Although the URL you shared as an example is currently showing 3 days ago and no specific time on Google, which is normal.

    However, since this is causing an issue for your site and, for this reason, wrong time is being shown on SERPs, you may modify the output of datePublished and dateModified properties on your site by modifying the below filter:
    https://aioseo.com/docs/removing-published-date-from-article-schema/

    I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any questions!

    Plugin Author arnaudbroes

    (@arnaudbroes)

    Hey @71mm0,

    I’ll have to try this out and see if I can reproduce the issue. I will provide you with an update here shortly.

    Thread Starter Jimmy Ahyari

    (@71mm0)

    Hi @numbnerd14,

    The link you provided contains a way to “delete” it. Meanwhile I still want to use it. Is there a filter code that can change post_date_gmt to post_date and post_modified_gmt to post_modified.

    Because by changing it directly in the file in the plugin (all-in-one-seo-pack\app\Common\Schema\Graphs\Article\Article.php), then I checked the schema validator, the contents now match the date I want.

    But this way, if the plugin has an update, then my modifications in the live file will be lost too. That’s why I need the code in the filter function.

    Hi @arnaudbroes

    Thank you for planning to execute this problem. I’m waiting for further information from you.

    Thanks for your support, AIO Team ??

    Thread Starter Jimmy Ahyari

    (@71mm0)

    This is my new post, publish at 19 Oct 2023 12:19 (in UTC+8). A few minutes later, i check google news https://prnt.sc/nQ_FCS2LfkPc and this is correct. 3 minutes ago.

    This is because i change post_date_gmt to post_date. If i stick with your post_date_gmt, google will show 8 hours ago.

    Plugin Author arnaudbroes

    (@arnaudbroes)

    Hey @71mm0,

    I just had some time to look into this and confirmed it as a bug. I’ll make sure that we get it fixed in the next version, which is due in about a week and a half.

    Plugin Support Steve M

    (@wpsmort)

    Hi @71mm0,

    I wanted to let you know that we released All in One SEO version 4.5.3.1 today which fixes this issue that you reported.

    Please let us know if you’re still experiencing any issues and we’ll be happy to help you.

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