Fix news index date extraction with JSON-LD fallback#282
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- Add extractDateFromJSONLD() to extract dates from JSON-LD structured data - Add normalizeDateString() to handle ISO timestamps and date formats - Update date extraction to use multi-level fallback: 1. article:published_time (Open Graph) 2. name="date" (simple meta tag) 3. datePublished from JSON-LD 4. Filename extraction 5. Current date (last resort) - Fixes parliament-agenda articles showing today's date instead of 2026-02-07 - Normalizes all dates to YYYY-MM-DD format for consistency - Regenerated all 14 language news index files with correct dates Co-authored-by: pethers <[email protected]>
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Fix news index date extraction with JSON-LD fallback
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Pull request overview
This PR fixes a critical bug where news articles without article:published_time meta tags were showing incorrect dates (defaulting to today's date instead of the actual publication date). The fix adds JSON-LD structured data as a fallback source and normalizes all dates to YYYY-MM-DD format.
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normalizeDateString()function to convert ISO timestamps to YYYY-MM-DD format - Added
extractDateFromJSONLD()function to extract dates from JSON-LD structured data - Extended the date extraction fallback chain from 2 to 5 levels
- Regenerated all 14 language index files with corrected dates
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| scripts/generate-news-indexes.js | Added date normalization and JSON-LD extraction functions, enhanced fallback chain |
| package-lock.json | Added peer dependency flags (expected npm behavior) |
| news/index_*.html (14 files) | Normalized dates from ISO timestamps to YYYY-MM-DD format, corrected article ordering |
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Articles without
article:published_timemeta tags were falling back to filename extraction, then defaulting to today's date.2026-02-parliament-agenda-*.html(published 2026-02-07) displayed as 2026-02-18 in news indexes.Changes
Enhanced date extraction in
generate-news-indexes.js:extractDateFromJSONLD()to parsedatePublishedfrom JSON-LD structured datanormalizeDateString()to convert ISO timestamps toYYYY-MM-DDarticle:published_time(Open Graph)name="date"(simple meta tag)datePublishedfrom JSON-LD ← newYYYY-MM-DD)Before:
After:
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parliament-agenda(2026-02-07),committee-reports(2026-02-06), and similar articlesYYYY-MM-DDformat (removes ISO timestamps)💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.