Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5596: SetCookie isn't compliant

From: Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 00:46:36 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5596: SetCookie isn't compliant
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> In developing a WML based system for WAP (Wireless Web Phones) we discovered a bug with the > SetCookie function. > > The format according to early specifications by Netscape > (http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html) which are all in the RFC's (linked from > that page), which have been adopted by most as the standard, show the format as: > > Wdy, DD-Mon-YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT Actually, this is not the case. The original spec had this format: Wednesday, 09-Nov-99 23:12:40 GMT They went back and changed some of the wording, but the very first example in the very URL you quoted is: Set-Cookie: CUSTOMER=WILE_E_COYOTE; path=/; expires=Wednesday, 09-Nov-99 23:12:40 GMT Note the 2-digit year as well. -Rasmus

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