mikael nilsson vjtalxnilssonname propose following mod __init__py makes keys type date presented localtime gmt please also two related bugs feedparser fix get localtime working httpcodegooglecompfeedparserissuesdetailid14 httpcodegooglecompfeedparserissuesdetailid70 907 908 key itemkeys itemkey_typekey itemdate date itemget_as_datekey infokey timestrftimedate_format date infokey timestrftimedate_format timelocaltimecalendartimegmdate infokey _iso timestrftimetimefmt_iso date infokey _822 timestrftimetimefmt_822 date else mikael plus ça change plus cest la même chose devel mailing list kpdpolistsplanetplanetorg httplistsplanetplanetorgmailmanlistinfodevel wed 06 aug 2008 051334 0200 localtime instead gmt