method

httpdate

v2_1_10 - Show latest stable - Class: Time

httpdate()

public

Returns a string which represents the time as RFC 1123 date of HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616:

day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss GMT

Note that the result is always UTC (GMT).

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

# File lib/time.rb, line 610
  def httpdate
    t = dup.utc
    sprintf('%s, %02d %s %0*d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT',
      RFC2822_DAY_NAME[t.wday],
      t.day, RFC2822_MONTH_NAME[t.mon-1], t.year < 0 ? 5 : 4, t.year,
      t.hour, t.min, t.sec)
  end

httpdate

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