Re: [squid-users] Expires: string format?

On ons, 2008-10-08 at 15:20 -0400, Chris Woodfield wrote:

> Does squid properly grok the date format of an Expires: header where
> the time zone is specified numerically (i.e. "-0400") instead of by
> letter code (i.e. "EDT")?

It grogs neither of the two. HTTP only allows for GMT dates.

Quote from the HTTP specs:

   All HTTP date/time stamps MUST be represented in Greenwich Mean Time
   (GMT), without exception. For the purposes of HTTP, GMT is exactly
   equal to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

Regards
Henrik