On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:18:54 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfu...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> 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! Good catch indeed, thanks! I'll update to GMT when used in the headers. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5505
