Of course, since the purpose of setDateHeader is to set HTTP Header fields,
one would assume that it does it according to the specification. It
wouldn't be a very useful method otherwise.
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: BACK-ing into trouble
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Chris Pratt wrote:
>
> > Why not use resp.setDateHeader(), it's simpler and you don't have to
> > worry about the format?
>
> Well, I don't know what format setDateHeader uses, but the problem is
> that you *do* need to worry about the format here. The spec says that
> the Expires header must be in a specific format, including that the
> timezone is GMT. I don't know if the later specs say anything about
> it, but the JSDK API 2.0 docs don't indicate what format setDateHeader
> users, so I think it's safer to do it yourself here.
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Thor Heinrichs-Wolpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 8:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: BACK-ing into trouble
> >
> >
> > > > Does anyone out there know the correct syntax to set the Expires
> > > > header? I cannot seem to get it to work correctly and cannot find
any
> > > > examples on the internet?
> > >
> > > resp.setHeader("Expires", "Tues, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 GMT");
> > >
> > > Thor HW
> > >
> >
>
> Milt Epstein
> Research Programmer
> Software/Systems Development Group
> Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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