Re: APR::Date

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Joe Schaefer wrote:
> Stas Bekman <stas@xxxxxx.xxx> writes:
> 
> 
>>Malcolm J Harwood wrote:
>>
>>>According to the docs, APR::Date::http parses the format:
>>>	Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT
>>>as per RFC 822.
>>>However it does not seem to parse
>>>	Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 EST
>>>correctly. It assumes it's GMT regardless of the timezone
>>>specified. If I'm reading RC822 correctly, this is an error.
>>
>>Looks like we don't test anything but GMT :(
>>
>>Malcolm, mind to add the non-GMT tests to t/lib/TestAPRlib/date.pm in
>>the source package, and we will work on fixing those? 
> 
> 
> IMO this doesn't need fixing; if anything this is a doc bug.
> The apr_date_parse_* functions assume GMT because that's the
> timezone 2616 Section 3.3 requires.

Thanks Joe.

What should the manpage say? something like the following?

   The function assumes GMT, regardless of the used timezone,
   according to RFC 2616 Section 3.3 requires.



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