Hi,
sorry I don't really understand your problem?
does
<pubDate> <n:format.date format="%a, %d %b
%Y">{newsItem.datetime}</n:format.date></pubDate>
not work or
<pubDate><n:format.date format="%a, %d %b %Y %T %z" currentDate="true"
/></pubDate>
what is the result and what do you expect?
georg