On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:03:28 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hann...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Hmm... When printing messages on the console don't we want a localized date? >> Or are you referring to other usages of the date formatter? Worth double >> checking in any case. > > The problem I was referring to was not about printing to the console. I > hadn't thought about that, I agree the default locale should be used there. I > was referring to `Last-modified` HTTP headers with a non-English date value, > e.g.: > > Last-modified: Di., 21 Sep. 2021 09:56:53 GMT > > I think browsers will get confused by this. It probably isn't a big deal > since I think the server doesn't implement conditional GETs (i.e. use the > last-modified date in subsequent requests), but the HTTP spec is [quite > strict ][1] about date formats. > > [1]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-3.3.1 Thanks for clarifying. Yes the date should be in GMT and should not be localized when sent in a `Last-Modified` / `Date` headers. Good catch! ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5505
