- From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 16:57:49 -0400
- To: Ari Luotonen <luotonen@netscape.com>
- cc: jjames@firstfloor.COM (John W. James), www-talk@w3.org
Ari Luotonen writes: > > > 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. Hopefully, etags will be the preferred way to validate caches in HTTP/1.1 applications. That way, we avoid the resolution being 1 sec, millions of different date/time formats, the 2000 problem, time zones, and lack of time synchronization. Henrik -- Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, <frystyk@w3.org> World Wide Web Consortium, MIT/LCS NE43-356 545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139, USA
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