Re: imaplib AND date format

[Tim Roberts]

harryos  wrote:

>In imaplib.IMAP4.search() the search string SENTON can be used
>'(SENTON 22-Jun-2010)'  .
>But the RFC 2060 defines search key as
>SENTON   Messages whose [RFC-822] Date: header is within the
> specified date.
>and in RFC822 it is given as,
>date=  1*2DIGIT month 2DIGIT; day month year
>   ;  e.g.
>20 Jun 82

RFC 822 has long been obsolete, replaced by RFC 2822, and now by RFC 5322.
That two-digit format was abandoned quite a long time ago.  

A compliant date header looks like this:

   Date:   20 June 2010 12:34:56 -0700
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imaplib AND date format

[harryos]

In imaplib.IMAP4.search() the search string SENTON can be used
'(SENTON 22-Jun-2010)'  .
But the RFC 2060 defines search key as
SENTON   Messages whose [RFC-822] Date: header is within the
 specified date.
and in RFC822 it is given as,
date=  1*2DIGIT month 2DIGIT; day month year
   ;  e.g.
20 Jun 82

The format 22 Jun 10 will cause aSEARCH command error:
 BAD ['Could not parse command']

Is this  deliberate or is it an anomaly ?
regards,
harry
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