| Subject: | Date field update per RFC 2822 section 3.3 |
This patch updates the date field format to comply with RFC 2822 section 3.3:
using local time not UTC and using a signed four digit offset to designate the
timezone. It relies on the Time::Local module which is distributed with PERL so
it should be OK to assume its presence and functionality.
Cheers,
Kurt
*** Lite.pm.orig Mon Feb 11 06:35:00 2002
--- Lite.pm Mon Feb 11 07:04:59 2002
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*** 1052,1060 ****
my $ds_wanted = $params{Datestamp};
my $ds_defaulted = ($is_top and !exists($params{Datestamp}));
if (($ds_wanted or $ds_defaulted) and !exists($params{Date})) {
my ($u_wdy, $u_mon, $u_mdy, $u_time, $u_y4) =
! split /\s+/, gmtime().""; ### should be non-locale-dependent
! my $date = "$u_wdy, $u_mdy $u_mon $u_y4 $u_time UT";
$self->add("date", $date);
}
--- 1052,1069 ----
my $ds_wanted = $params{Datestamp};
my $ds_defaulted = ($is_top and !exists($params{Datestamp}));
if (($ds_wanted or $ds_defaulted) and !exists($params{Date})) {
+ # Updated to use local time and numeric offset per RFC 2822
+ # Calculate offset from UTC
+ use Time::Local; # ships w/ PERL so should be OK to assume presence
+ my $t0 = timegm (0,0,0,2,0,70); # one day from epoch
+ my $t1 = timelocal (0,0,0,2,0,70);
+ my $offset = $t0 - $t1;
+ my $offset_hrs = int ($offset / 3600);
+ my $offset_min = int ($offset / 60) - $offset_hrs * 60;
+ my $offset_str = sprintf "%+.2d%02d", $offset_hrs, $offset_min;
my ($u_wdy, $u_mon, $u_mdy, $u_time, $u_y4) =
! split /\s+/, localtime().""; ### should be non-locale-dependent
! my $date = "$u_wdy, $u_mdy $u_mon $u_y4 $u_time $offset_str";
$self->add("date", $date);
}