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Re: [http-state] Date parsing (was Re: consensus call: cookie server conformance)

"Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com> Mon, 31 January 2011 10:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [http-state] Date parsing (was Re: consensus call: cookie server conformance)
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:08:01 +0100, Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Adam Barth wrote:
>>> I consider "my" date parser compliant, but it parses the string in a  
>>> different way than described in the spec.
>>
>> When you say "in a different way", do you mean via a different  
>> algorithm or that your implementation outputs different dates for some  
>> input strings?
>
> I mean that it uses a different algorithm but ends up with the same  
> output for most strings and certainly for all strings using sensible  
> formats.
>
> For really crazy inputs the output may differ a bit, like for example my  
> parser is less forgiving on rubbish in the middle of the string as in  
> "Thu, 999999999999-Aug-2007 20:49:07 GMT" or "Sat, 15-Apr-17 boink:z  
> 21:01:22".

That would mean it is not compliant.


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