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

Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> Mon, 31 January 2011 11:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [http-state] Date parsing (was Re: consensus call: cookie server conformance)
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

>>>> "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.
>> 
>> Sorry, can you please point out what section that says so?
>
> 5.1.1 (in combination with 2.1) says so.

That's not my interpretation at all. I can't find any mention of the algorithm 
having to skip "rubbish" in the date field and continue parsing on after it.

Or what did you mean with not compliant? For the above two examples, what 
would you claim the spec says the algorithm should do?

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