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Re: [http-state] IETF-wide Last Call for -httpstate-cookie-10 ?

Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> Wed, 01 September 2010 20:30 UTC

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On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

> If the date processing behavior of existing implementations is an open 
> issue, then perhaps the WG can settle on the correct wording via list 
> discussion, or add the issue to the tracker:

I setup a little CGI that can be used to check what your browser thinks:

 	http://daniel.haxx.se/cookie.cgi

It sends a single cookie header that looks like:

 	"Set-Cookie: testme=yesyes; expires=Wed Sep  1 22:01:55 69;"

The script prints the Cookie: headers, so if you reload you should see 
"testme=yesyes" being output if the cookie is still there. If the cookie is 
still there, your browser of choice treats the date above as a date in the 
future.

My friends and I did a quick round and we tested a few browsers:

Future:

   Firefox (2069)
   curl (2147483647 seconds)
   IE 7 (2069)
   Opera (year 2036)
   Android

Historic:

   Chrome (both v4 and v5)

Conclusion:

Most clients seem to agree that '69' refers to '2069'.

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  / daniel.haxx.se

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