On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 05:10:58PM +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > Just wondering... I get an INVALID_DATE hit on a date string generated > by 'date -R' (Linux/Debian woody). Is the date rule more strict than > rfc822? > > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:08:32 0100
Well, the TZ offset needs to be + or -. Per RFC 2822, section 3.3: zone = (( "+" / "-" ) 4DIGIT) / obs-zone (obs-zone is things like "EDT", "EST", etc.) So ... Bug in date. ;) (RFC822 also specifies the +/- being required. FYI.) -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "HR people are generally capable of producing swank holiday parties and finding a dentist in your HMO group, but don't count on them to help you find a job." - David Clark
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