diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 389bb8ad..e363135f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - nginx now gracefully handles hosts without IPv6 support by automatically disabling IPv6 binding at startup
+- XtreamCodes EPG API now returns correct date/time format for start/end fields and proper string types for timestamps and channel_id
 
 ## [0.14.0] - 2025-12-09
 
diff --git a/apps/output/views.py b/apps/output/views.py
index bc2bace5..3a8406cb 100644
--- a/apps/output/views.py
+++ b/apps/output/views.py
@@ -2316,18 +2316,18 @@ def xc_get_epg(request, user, short=False):
             "epg_id": f"{epg_id}",
             "title": base64.b64encode(title.encode()).decode(),
             "lang": "",
-            "start": start.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"),
-            "end": end.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"),
+            "start": start.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+            "end": end.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
             "description": base64.b64encode(description.encode()).decode(),
-            "channel_id": channel_num_int,
-            "start_timestamp": int(start.timestamp()),
-            "stop_timestamp": int(end.timestamp()),
+            "channel_id": str(channel_num_int),
+            "start_timestamp": str(int(start.timestamp())),
+            "stop_timestamp": str(int(end.timestamp())),
             "stream_id": f"{channel_id}",
         }
 
         if short == False:
             program_output["now_playing"] = 1 if start <= django_timezone.now() <= end else 0
-            program_output["has_archive"] = "0"
+            program_output["has_archive"] = 0
 
         output['epg_listings'].append(program_output)