# Sitemap: \`lastmod\` for sitemaps wrong

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitemap-lastmod-for-sitemaps-wrong/299702>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** sitemap\
**Created:** [March 17, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitemap-lastmod-for-sitemaps-wrong/299702 "2024-03-17T14:21:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitemap-lastmod-for-sitemaps-wrong/299702/4 "2024-03-20T01:18:38Z")

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Again this is not strictly true … last\_mod is meant to be the last date the sitemap was modified not max date of topics.

If a topic dropped out of the sitemap section today and last modified in the chunk is a week a go… the chunk changed today. A topic dropped out of it today.

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