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@@ -13,8 +13,18 @@ The pubdate REQUIRES a date, so e.g. `pubdate="2009-03-24T18:02:14Z"`
 >>>
 >>> Posted <time datetime="2007-12-06T05:00:00Z" pubdate="pubdate">Thu 06 Dec 2007 12:00:00 AM EST</time>
 >>>
->>> which shows up as an error on https://validator.w3.org/ --Luke Schierer
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+>>> which shows up as an error on https://validator.w3.org/ --Luke Schierer 
+
+>>>> My reading of Joey's response, above, was that (according to the spec at the time), `pubdate="pubdate"` is what
+>>>> should be generated, *not* `pubdate="timestamp"`, and so what you are seeing is expected. However, looking at
+>>>> the *current* Spec (linked elsewhere in this page), `pubdate` is not actually a valid attribute any more at
+>>>> all. And indeed, running my own blog through the Validator, I see:
+>>>>> `Error: Attribute pubdate not allowed on element time at this point.`
+>>>> *— [[Jon]], 2020-10-05*
+
+>>>>> I've filed a separate bug page for this, since this one is already
+>>>>> marked *done*: [[bugs/pubdate_not_valid_for_html5]]. I've filed a
+>>>>> patch.  *—[[Jon]], 2020-10-06*
 
 Otherwise the XML parser chokes.