Re: expires

• From: Rob Hartill <hartill@ooo.lanl.gov>
• Date: Wed, 8 May 96 15:40:06 MDT
• To: tai@nexus.hpl.hp.com
• Cc: www-talk@w3.org
• Message-Id: <199605082140.AA279261607@ooo.lanl.gov>

 
> How do you specify an expiration date for inline images?  Does the
> Expires header apply to the document only or does it also apply to all
> inline objects?  Is there an expires attribute for the <img> tag?

You need to get the server to attach an Expires header, which is
trivial if you're using Apache and the mod_expires.c plug-in.

However, be warned; the Netscape daylight savings time bug causes
the expiration date to be interpreted as 1 hour ahead of what you
actually request.

I've also seen Netscape mis-read an expires header that was 400 seconds
into the future and set it to 1 day in the past. doh!


rob
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Received on Wednesday, 8 May 1996 18:18:31 UTC