Question: I used this synthax to get list Items 

```
http://server/site/_api/lists/getbytitle('listname')/items

```

I get a list repeating today's date but not items .

EDIT: I notice that the number of lines that the REST Query print is equal to the number of elements in the list

[![list of dates image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oiVxt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oiVxt.png)

Answer: 
There is problem in your Browser setting Please follow below steps you get the desired data
In Internet Explorer

->Open Tools->Internet Options

->Select the Content tab Click the “Settings” button in the Feed and Web slices section

->Uncheck Turn on feed reading view

->Click “OK” to save the settings 

And for Firefox

With your output on firefox use **ctrl + u** will convert it xml format but not readable as IE you can copy the output in notepad as .xml and open it with Office XMl handler.
You are missing the `web` in URL. It should be :

```
 http://server/site/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('listname')/items

```