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Meaning of invalid but well-formed dates

From: Geoffrey Sneddon <foolistbar@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 16:09:26 +0100
Message-Id: <28F56C00-CB7C-41ED-B9D2-5DABD434270D@googlemail.com>
To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Hi,

"Wed, 32 March 2009 00:00:00 GMT" matches HTTP-date, and as far as I  
can tell is completely valid to produce and send. However, what it  
actually means is completely undefined.

Equally, "Mon, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT" matches HTTP-date, but the  
wkday and and date1 disagree. This too is valid, but what it means is  
undefined.

Actually, I can't find anything that even defines what "Sun, 03 May  
2009 00:00:00 GMT" a valid and logically correct date means.


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Geoffrey Sneddon
<http://gsnedders.com/>
Received on Sunday, 3 May 2009 15:10:09 UTC

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