This is the method which i have added to the Servlet
public long getLastModified(HttpServletRequest req) {
return new Date().getTime() /1000 * 1000;
}
it doesnt work still....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher K. St. John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: 'If-Modified-Since' Header
> Nitin Khattar wrote:
> >
> > I tried out on Netscape 4.7 and IE 5.0. None of them send the
If-Modified
> > Header.
> >
>
> I'm going to change your original question from "Why doesn't
> my browser send If-Modified-Since" to "Why doesn't my browser
> send If-Modified-Since when I use it to access my servlet?'
>
> Have you added the getLastModified method to your servlet?
> That way, the servlet sets the Last-Modified header, and the
> browser can use the Last-Modified time when it sends the
> If-Modified-Since header in the request.
>
> The browser shouldn't use the If-Modified-Since header unless
> it has a date from the server, since the clocks on the server
> and the client are likely to be at least a couple of seconds
> out of synch.
>
> From the HTML spec, sec 14.25:
>
> Note: ... To get best results when sending an If-
> Modified-Since header field for cache validation, clients are
> advised to use the exact date string received in a previous Last-
> Modified header field whenever possible.
>
>
> -cks
>
>
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