[ naviserver-Bugs-1340755 ] ns_httptime not locale safe

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Bugs item #1340755, was opened at 2005-10-28 14:29
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Category: None
Group: Current
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Bernd Eidenschink (eide)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: ns_httptime not locale safe

Initial Comment:
ns_httptime is supposed to return a date in a predictable format, an english 
locale one;

but it does not, see comment in httptime.c:

    /*
     * This will most likely break if the locale is not an english one.
     * The format is RFC 1123: "Sun, 06 Nov 1997 09:12:45 GMT"
     */

The TCL api uses it in "util.tcl" (ns_setexpires) and "sendmail.tcl" (DATE 
header). This is sometimes causing mails to be sorted wrong in MUAs or 
misleading http proxies, depending on locale set.


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