The reason we want to get the expiration date from Google is because the "time to expiration" is a policy of Google and policies can change.
If calculation of the expiration date is hard-coded and the policy changes, our program is no longer accurate. Then, in order to fix it, not only would we have to do a new cycle of programming and testing, but we would have to be aware of the change in the first place and such a change would easily go unnoticed. So, by obtaining the info directly from Google, our program is more automated and needs less maintenance. Also, we post items other than products and they have different expiration dates, such as "housing" which is 14 days. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-base-data-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-base-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en.
