On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 10:47:18AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > RFC 822 dates use only two digits for the years, but Debian changelogs > described by this paragraph (ยง4.4 in Policy 3.8.4) use four digits. This patch > replaces the RFC 822 by its latest evolution, RFC 5322, that specifies a date > format suitable for Debian changelogs. > --- > policy.sgml | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index d16df70..7e2365e 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ > </p> > > <p> > - The <var>date</var> must be in RFC822 format<footnote> > + The <var>date</var> must be in RFC5322 format<footnote> > This is generated by <tt>date -R</tt>. > </footnote>; it must include the time zone specified > numerically, with the time zone name or abbreviation > -- > 1.6.5.7
What is the diffrence between RFC5322 and RFC2822 time format ? RFC 5322 was only released in 2008, so the standard that packages actually follow is clearly RFC2822. I would prefer if we keep a reference to RFC2822 because is is more well known than RFC5322 The 'date' utility denotes this format under 'RFC 2822': The option is named --rfc-2822 and the documentation list RFC 2822. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100602125920.gg11...@yellowpig
