Re: If-Modified-Since No Longer Cool?

> Are there good reasons I just can't think of for not supporting
> If-modified-since in the request? Did I take a nap and miss a format change?
> 
> GET / HTTP/1.0
> If-Modified-Since: Monday, 07-Oct-96 16:00:00 GMT

That's one of the older formats.  The best thing to use is the
preferred format with full 4-digit year, that is:

If-Modified-Since: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 16:00:00 GMT

or use blindly the same string as is sent by the server in the Date:
header.

Cheers,
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Received on Monday, 7 October 1996 16:39:44 UTC