Support giving an explicit <updated> for Atom

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/feedgenerator/django/utils/feedgenerator.py b/feedgenerator/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
index f10aed2..04b7d73 100644
--- a/feedgenerator/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
+++ b/feedgenerator/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ class SyndicationFeed(object):
     def add_item(self, title, link, description, author_email=None,
         author_name=None, author_link=None, pubdate=None, comments=None,
         unique_id=None, enclosure=None, categories=(), item_copyright=None,
-        ttl=None, content=None, **kwargs):
+        ttl=None, content=None, updateddate=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Adds an item to the feed. All args are expected to be Python Unicode
-        objects except pubdate, which is a datetime.datetime object, and
-        enclosure, which is an instance of the Enclosure class.
+        objects except pubdate and updateddate, which are datetime.datetime
+        objects, and enclosure, which is an instance of the Enclosure class.
         """
         to_unicode = lambda s: force_text(s, strings_only=True)
         if categories:
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class SyndicationFeed(object):
             'author_name': to_unicode(author_name),
             'author_link': iri_to_uri(author_link),
             'pubdate': pubdate,
+            'updateddate': updateddate,
             'comments': to_unicode(comments),
             'unique_id': to_unicode(unique_id),
             'enclosure': enclosure,
@@ -191,10 +192,11 @@ class SyndicationFeed(object):
 
     def latest_post_date(self):
         """
-        Returns the latest item's pubdate. If none of them have a pubdate,
-        this returns the current date/time.
+        Returns the latest item's pubdate or updateddate. If no item has either
+        date, returns the current date/time.
         """
         updates = [i['pubdate'] for i in self.items if i['pubdate'] is not None]
+        updates.extend(i['updateddate'] for i in self.items if i['updateddate'] is not None)
         if len(updates) > 0:
             updates.sort()
             return updates[-1]
@@ -346,6 +348,8 @@ class Atom1Feed(SyndicationFeed):
         handler.addQuickElement("link", "", {"href": item['link'], "rel": "alternate"})
         if item['pubdate'] is not None:
             handler.addQuickElement("published", rfc3339_date(item['pubdate']))
+        if item['updateddate'] is not None:
+            handler.addQuickElement("updated", rfc3339_date(item['updateddate']))
 
         # Author information.
         if item['author_name'] is not None: