method

httpdate

v1_8_6_287 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Time

httpdate(date) public

Parses date as HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616 and converts it to a Time object.

ArgumentError is raised if date is not compliant with RFC 2616 or Time class cannot represent specified date.

See #httpdate for more information on this format.

# File lib/time.rb, line 310
    def httpdate(date)
      if /\A\s*
          (?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun),\x20
          (\d{2})\x20
          (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\x20
          (\d{4})\x20
          (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\x20
          GMT
          \s*\z/ix =~ date
        self.rfc2822(date)
      elsif /\A\s*
             (?:Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday),\x20
             (\d\d)-(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)-(\d\d)\x20
             (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\x20
             GMT
             \s*\z/ix =~ date
        self.parse(date)
      elsif /\A\s*
             (?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun)\x20
             (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\x20
             (\d\d|\x20\d)\x20
             (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\x20
             (\d{4})
             \s*\z/ix =~ date
        self.utc($6.to_i, MonthValue[$1.upcase], $2.to_i,
                 $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i)
      else
        raise ArgumentError.new("not RFC 2616 compliant date: #{date.inspect}")
      end
    end

httpdate

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