tribe_get_start_date() not working (or it was working in v2 and it’s not in v3)

[Jeremy]

The tribe_get_start_date() function seems to be working differently in v3. I have code that worked perfectly with v2 to create an RSS feed (with correct dates for events), but it’s not working since upgrading to v3. The date returned from tribe_get_start_date() in the loop is always UNIX epoch start “Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0004”, so it’s not really picking up each event’s date at all. Any ideas?

Here’s the page source:
http://pastebin.com/zEiGqXm8

Here’s the URL to that page’s output:
http://bluemoonrehoboth.com/blog/today-at-the-moon-feed/

[snorton]

Change this line:
echo mysql2date(‘D, d M Y H:i:s -0004’, tribe_get_start_date($post->ID, true, ‘Y-m-d H:i:s -0004’), false);
to:
echo tribe_get_start_date($post->ID, false, ‘Y-m-d H:i:s -0004’);

[Jeremy]

I’m sure this has something to do with recurring events. I know there have been lots of issues with this. I just need a way to get the date for the next upcoming event in the recurring event entry. As you can see from the code, I just need to output a feed that lists today’s events only, and they are usually going to be recurring events.

[Jeremy]

Ah thanks! That mysql2date() call was definitely screwing it up. That got me on track. Here’s what I ended up using so the pubDate is in the proper format:

echo tribe_get_start_date($post, false, ‘D, d M Y H:i:s -0004’);

Also, in case anyone from the future finds this, I have a couple actions registered that add the event start and end dates into the feed output in rss:ev and xCal formats. Here are those:

http://pastebin.com/BE4rSW9H

[Leah]

Thanks again for your help snorton, you rock!
Jeremy, glad to hear things are working now.

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