GetHttpTimeString

GetHttpTimeString(date_time_object)

<cfoutput>
#GetHttpTimeString("#Now()#")#<br>
</cfoutput>

Comments

isaac dealey said on Jan 3, 2004 at 4:46 PM :

the example provided here is generally considered "poor form" for the use of variables. Within the function GetHttpTimeString() there is no need for either quotes or pound symbols around the function now(). Or rather, pound symbols are only necessary if the unnecessary quotes are used. Well formed code would generally follow the form GetHttpTimeString(now()) instead.

dnimmich said on Jan 13, 2004 at 4:51 AM :

This command and its documentation is very confusing. First of all,
RFC 1123 doesn't refer to HTTP at all -- in fact, RFC 1123 predates
HTTP. Second, it only clarifies the date format defined in RFC 822,
which reads (with the clarification from RFC 1123):

[day, ] 1*2DIGIT month 4DIGIT hour zone

with day one out of "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun",
month one out of "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug",
"Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec", hour being 2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT [":" 2DIGIT] and
zone "GMT", "UT" or a signed 4DIGIT time zone.

Unfortunately, GetHTTPTimeString() returns day and month depending
on the current locale, which means that if you use a non-English locale
the string isn't compliant to RFC 822 (and therefor, HTTP) dates.
Examples for German locale: "Di, 13 Jan 2004 12:47:26 GMT",
"Mo, 01 Mrz 2004 23:00:00 GMT".

halL said on Jan 14, 2004 at 7:19 AM :

You are correct that the function does not behave properly.
While the overall pattern is correct, it uses the day and month names from the default locale.
It should always use English names.
A bug (No. 53985) has been entered against this behavior.

Also, you are correct that we should mention both RFC 822 and 1123 on this page and that the specs predate HTTP.
A better statement would be something like
This function formats the date and time according to RFC 1123 and its underlying RFC, 822.
This format is commonly used in internet protocols, including HTTP.