facundoolano/google-play-scraper

updated does not match the date displayed in browser

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#212 opened on Apr 9, 2018

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Description

The value of updated in the app details doesn't match the value displayed in browser. For example for the app used in the documentation (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dxco.pandavszombies&hl=en&gl=us) May 27, 2015 is displayed in browser under Updated, though updated in the app details is set to Feb 27, 2015. What is the meaning of the latter date?

At the mapping path 'ds:3', 0, 12, 8, 0 seems to be the timestamp of the publish date. For the example app it is 1432677999 (2015-05-27 00:06:39).

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Investigate the mapping path 'ds:3', 0, 12, 8, 0 and verify if it corresponds to the publish date instead of the updated date. Check the Google Play store page HTML structure to find the correct updated date and adjust the scraper accordingly.
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javascriptnodejs
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backendapi
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JavaScriptNode.js
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