diff --git a/src/app/views/rss.zig b/src/app/views/rss.zig
index cd905ba..9944e84 100644
--- a/src/app/views/rss.zig
+++ b/src/app/views/rss.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,21 @@ fn generateRss(items: []const RssItem, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
             \\<description>{s}</description>
         , .{ item.title, item.id, item.id, item.blob });
 
-        try item.created_at.format("Day, DD, Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT", .{}, writer);
+        try writer.print(
+            \\<pubDate>
+            \\{s}, {d} {s} {d} {d}:{d}:{d} {s}
+            \\</pubDate>
+            , .{ // note: Day, DD, MM, YYYY, HH:MM:SS GMT
+                item.created_at.dayOfWeek(),
+                item.created_at.day(),
+                item.created_at.monthNameAbbreviated(),
+                item.created_at.year(),
+                item.created_at.hour(),
+                item.created_at.minute(),
+                item.created_at.second(),
+                "-0500",
+            }
+        );
 
         try writer.print(
             \\</item>