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

Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> Sat, 29 January 2011 22:04 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, 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".

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