diff --git a/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts b/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
index 0b7ed7dab..067a55d54 100644
--- a/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ type RssFeedItem = Item & {
   'media:content'?: RssFeedItemMedia[]
 }
 
+export const isOldItem = (item: RssFeedItem, lastFetchedAt: number) => {
+  // existing items and items that were published before 24h
+  const publishedAt = item.isoDate ? new Date(item.isoDate) : new Date()
+  return (
+    publishedAt <= new Date(lastFetchedAt) ||
+    publishedAt < new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+  )
+}
+
 const getThumbnail = (item: RssFeedItem) => {
   if (item['media:thumbnail']) {
     return item['media:thumbnail'].$.url
@@ -400,7 +409,7 @@ const processSubscription = async (
   console.log('Feed last build date', feedLastBuildDate)
   if (
     feedLastBuildDate &&
-    new Date(feedLastBuildDate) < new Date(lastFetchedAt)
+    new Date(feedLastBuildDate) <= new Date(lastFetchedAt)
   ) {
     console.log('Skipping old feed', feedLastBuildDate)
     return
@@ -440,11 +449,8 @@ const processSubscription = async (
       continue
     }
 
-    // skip old items and items that were published before 24h
-    if (
-      publishedAt < new Date(lastFetchedAt) ||
-      publishedAt < new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
-    ) {
+    // skip old items
+    if (isOldItem(item, lastFetchedAt)) {
       console.log('Skipping old feed item', item.link)
       continue
     }
diff --git a/packages/rss-handler/test/index.test.ts b/packages/rss-handler/test/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5abf0b77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rss-handler/test/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import 'mocha'
+import { Item } from 'rss-parser'
+import { isOldItem } from '../src'
+
+describe('isOldItem', () => {
+  it('returns true if item is older than 1 day', () => {
+    const item = {
+      pubDate: '2020-01-01',
+    } as Item
+    const lastFetchedAt = Date.now()
+
+    expect(isOldItem(item, lastFetchedAt)).to.be.true
+  })
+
+  it('returns true if item was published at the last fetched time', () => {
+    const lastFetchedAt = Date.now()
+    const item = {
+      pubDate: new Date(lastFetchedAt).toISOString(),
+    } as Item
+
+    expect(isOldItem(item, lastFetchedAt)).to.be.true
+  })
+})