diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java b/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java
index 62f518d74..57c58ee37 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ dc_rights
         return this.crawldepth;
     }
     
-    public void writeXML(final Writer os, final Date date) throws IOException {
+    public void writeXML(final Writer os) throws IOException {
         os.write("<record>\n");
         final String title = dc_title();
         if (title != null && title.length() > 0) os.write("<dc:title><![CDATA[" + title + "]]></dc:title>\n");
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ dc_rights
         }
         final String language = dc_language();
         if (language != null && language.length() > 0) os.write("<dc:language>" + dc_language() + "</dc:language>\n");
-        os.write("<dc:date>" + ISO8601Formatter.FORMATTER.format(date) + "</dc:date>\n");
+        os.write("<dc:date>" + ISO8601Formatter.FORMATTER.format(getLastModified()) + "</dc:date>\n");
         if (this.lon != 0.0 && this.lat != 0.0) os.write("<geo:Point><geo:long>" + this.lon +"</geo:long><geo:lat>" + this.lat + "</geo:lat></geo:Point>\n");
         os.write("</record>\n");
     }
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ dc_rights
         final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         try {
             final Writer osw = new OutputStreamWriter(baos, "UTF-8");
-            writeXML(osw, this.lastModified);
+            writeXML(osw);
             osw.close();
             return UTF8.String(baos.toByteArray());
         } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java b/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java
index 153900b4e..cc90196dc 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public class DCEntry extends MultiMapSolrParams {
     public void writeXML(OutputStreamWriter os) throws IOException {
         Document doc = document();
         if (doc != null) {
-            doc.writeXML(os, this.getDate());
+            doc.writeXML(os);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/importer/MediawikiImporter.java b/source/net/yacy/document/importer/MediawikiImporter.java
index ba349c2bb..3a0b0c81c 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/importer/MediawikiImporter.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/importer/MediawikiImporter.java
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ public class MediawikiImporter extends Thread implements Importer {
 			}
         }
         public void writeXML(final OutputStreamWriter os) throws IOException {
-            this.document.writeXML(os, new Date());
+            this.document.writeXML(os);
         }
     }
 
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ public class MediawikiImporter extends Thread implements Importer {
                         this.osw.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" + SurrogateReader.SURROGATES_MAIN_ELEMENT_OPEN + "\n");
                     }
                     ConcurrentLog.info("WIKITRANSLATION", "[CONSUME] Title: " + record.title);
-                    record.document.writeXML(this.osw, new Date());
+                    record.document.writeXML(this.osw);
                     this.rc++;
                     if (this.rc >= 10000) {
                         this.osw.write("</surrogates>\n");