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Get the ISO 8601 date in string format for use in sitemap.xml in C#

  • 1 DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:sszzz", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
  • 2 will result in
    2012-05-13T19:33:12+02:00
  • N Don't forget using System.Globalization namespace

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