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.
Please try with this url

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

```