Why are dates all messed up in Google search of Developer Forums??

I don't know if this is a question for Google or Apple, but when I do a Google search that leads to results on developer.apple.com, Google reports dates that typically originate from June 2020. But when I go to the link, it's often for a question that's years older. For example, I just did a search on "delete all records from CloudKit zone en masse". The image shows the link -- it says Jun 20, 2020 -- but if I follow the link it shows the question was asked 4 years ago.

Obviously date is hugely important when doing a search, why is this happening?

[Tangential question: why won't Apple provide a utility to delete all the CloudKit records in a zone??!!]

Answered by Claude31 in 681455022

it says Jun 20, 2020 -- but if I follow the link it shows the question was asked 4 years ago.

Google refers to the last update of the post (effectively June 2020).

When you open the post (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/77005), you see the original question, 4 years old. And the last answer is 12 month old.

So, no mess up.

Accepted Answer

it says Jun 20, 2020 -- but if I follow the link it shows the question was asked 4 years ago.

Google refers to the last update of the post (effectively June 2020).

When you open the post (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/77005), you see the original question, 4 years old. And the last answer is 12 month old.

So, no mess up.

Why are dates all messed up in Google search of Developer Forums??
 
 
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