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commit 909873bda30c1d568adef767b35558ced5c86d81
Author: Paul Yang <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jul 10 01:52:33 2017 +0800
Update doc/ca.pod to clarify description for dates
"Note" part is based on PR #3566
Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3895)
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Summary of changes:
doc/man1/ca.pod | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man1/ca.pod b/doc/man1/ca.pod
index 4a59708..ab8ce72 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ca.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ca.pod
@@ -164,12 +164,16 @@ Don't output the text form of a certificate to the output
file.
=item B<-startdate date>
This allows the start date to be explicitly set. The format of the
-date is YYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure).
+date is YYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure), or
+YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 GeneralizedTime structure). In
+both formats, seconds SS and timzone Z must be present.
=item B<-enddate date>
This allows the expiry date to be explicitly set. The format of the
-date is YYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure).
+date is YYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure), or
+YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 GeneralizedTime structure). In
+both formats, seconds SS and timzone Z must be present.
=item B<-days arg>
@@ -716,6 +720,14 @@ For example if the CA certificate has:
then even if a certificate is issued with CA:TRUE it will not be valid.
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+Since OpenSSL 1.1.1, the program follows RFC5280. Specifically,
+certificate validity period (specified by any of B<-startdate>,
+B<-enddate> and B<-days>) will be encoded as UTCTime if the dates are
+earlier than year 2049 (included), and as GeneralizedTime if the dates
+are in year 2050 or later.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<req(1)>, L<spkac(1)>, L<x509(1)>, L<CA.pl(1)>,
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