- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@allegra.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 16:17:43 EDT
- To: fielding@beach.w3.org
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Roy Fielding <fielding@beach.w3.org> wrote: > >[Dave Kristol <dmk@allegra.att.com> wrote:] > >p.42 Sect. 8.12 > > Shouldn't the date format be rfc1123-date, not HTTP-date (which > > would allow the deprecated asctime-date). > > No. RFC 1123 accepts a much larger set of formats -- the HTTP one is > simply a fixed and unambiguous format that is acceptable by RFC 1123. I'm confused. I wasn't talking about RFC 1123, but about the token rfc1123-date (p.13), which defines a specific date format. The token HTTP-date allows one of three different date formats, one of which is rfc1123-date. I assumed you wanted to specify just one of those formats. Dave
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