- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 20:17:37 +0200
- To: Brian Smith <brian@briansmith.org>
- CC: 'Geoffrey Sneddon' <foolistbar@googlemail.com>, 'HTTP Working Group' <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Brian Smith wrote: > Julian Reschke wrote: >> Brian Smith wrote: >>> The semantics of the obsolete date formats are not defined. How is a >>> server supposed to interpret a 2-digit year? >> Good question. Do you have an answer? Can we mandate the rules in >> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322#section-4.3>? > > I don't have an answer. RFC 5322's rules are just as good as any, I suppose. Yes, but we can't just impose a rule because we like it, unless we are sure it's what's actually implemented. >>>> asctime-date = day-name SP date3 SP time-of-day SP 4DIGIT >>>> date2 = 2DIGIT "-" month "-" 2DIGIT >>>> ; day-month-year (e.g., 02-Jun-82) >>> Might as well use "day" and "year": >> We can re-use "day", but not "year" (because it's 4DIGIT). > > I meant, use <day> for <date2> and <year> for <asctime-date>. Ack. (see my new patch) BR, Julian
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