From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 15:42:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added support for RFC 850 style dates, as used by some HTTP servers
X-Git-Tag: v1.5a1~641
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c17a268398da1ea85af8649e5c35ef2c4b768451;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Added support for RFC 850 style dates, as used by some HTTP servers
(such as Netscape-Commerce and CERN).

An example of a RFC 850 date: 'Wednesday, 18-Dec-96 21:00:00 GMT'

From: Chris Lawrence <quango@themall.net>
---

diff --git a/Lib/rfc822.py b/Lib/rfc822.py
index 1ea2f5f8d9c6..f34f0b6d67b6 100644
--- a/Lib/rfc822.py
+++ b/Lib/rfc822.py
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ def parsedate_tz(data):
 	if data[0][-1] == ',':
 		# There's a dayname here. Skip it
 		del data[0]
+	if len(data) == 3: # RFC 850 date, deprecated
+		stuff = string.split(data[0], '-')
+		if len(stuff) == 3:
+			data = stuff + data[1:]
 	if len(data) == 4:
 		s = data[3]
 		i = string.find(s, '+')