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Structured data dates are invalid, lack a timezone, or modified < published

geo/jsonld-dateswarnvoid geoupdated

Why it matters

Google asks for ISO 8601 dates with a timezone; ambiguous or inconsistent dates weaken freshness signals that Bing and AI engines use.

How to fix it

Emit full ISO 8601 timestamps with a timezone (2026-09-01T09:00:00Z) and keep dateModified ≥ datePublished.

References

void geo reports 41 rules in this category. Generative-engine optimisation: whether AI crawlers that don't run JavaScript see the same content, valid and visible JSON-LD, an explicit AI robots policy, llms.txt, Markdown mirrors and answer-first writing.