TypeError: Object July 21, 1983 01:15:00 has no method 'toUTCString'

[stevenshu512]

hi, the feed module is awesome. But when I was using this module by typing:

app.get('/rss', function (req, res) {
  var feed = new Feed({
   title:          'My Feed Title',
   description:    'This is my personnal feed!',
   link:           'http://example.com/',
   image:          'http://example.com/logo.png',
   copyright:      'Copyright © 2013 John Doe. All rights reserved',

   author: {
             name:       '',
             email:      '',
             link:       ''
           }
  });

  feed.item({
    id : 'kpi',
    title : 'kpi',
    link : 'http://10.154.145.48:3456/packageApp/kpi',
    date:   'July 21, 1983 01:15:00'
  });

  feed.category('Technologie');

  res.set('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
  res.send(feed.render('rss-2.0'));

});

and the result of running is:

TypeError: Object July 21, 1983 01:15:00 has no method 'toUTCString'
    at rss_2_0 (/Users/shao19/Code/my Coding/node/rss/node_modules/feed/lib/feed.js:242:43)
    at Feed.render (/Users/shao19/Code/my Coding/node/rss/node_modules/feed/lib/feed.js:42:24)
    at /Users/shao19/Code/my Coding/node/rss/app.js:60:17
    at callbacks (/Users/shao19/Code/my Coding/node/rss/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:161:37)
    at param (/Users/shao19/Code/my Coding/node/rss/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:135:11)

I was no idea why it could happy. Bacause when I typing :

[stevenshu512]

app.get('/ts', function (req, res) {
  var born = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00")
  console.log(born.toUTCString());
  res.send(200);
});

can successfully show the console.log!
so, what's the problem of "has no method 'toUTCString'".

wish you reply,thanks

[sigurdga]

@stevenshu512 In your feed.item() you write date as a string. Try giving it a Date() object instead.

[stevenshu512]

thanks sigurdga!

[jpmonette]

Thanks @sigurdga.