merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (02/15/90)
In article <2549@sactoh0.UUCP>, mholtz@sactoh0 (Mark A. Holtz) writes: | Ok, so what is the proper format for expiration dates in Usenet | postings? Quoting from RFC1036... (which mentions that the Expires is in USENET Date format, and makes no other references to such a format except under 2.1.2 Date... quoted here): The "Date" line (formerly "Posted") is the date that the message was originally posted to the network. Its format must be acceptable both in RFC-822 and to the getdate(3) routine that is provided with the Usenet software. This date remains unchanged as the message is propagated throughout the network. One format that is acceptable to both is: Wdy, DD Mon YY HH:MM:SS TIMEZONE Several examples of valid dates appear in the sample message above. Note in particular that ctime(3) format: Wdy Mon DD HH:MM:SS YYYY is not acceptable because it is not a valid RFC-822 date. However, since older software still generates this format, news implementations are encouraged to accept this format and translate it into an acceptable format. There is no hope of having a complete list of timezones. Universal Time (GMT), the North American timezones (PST, PDT, MST, MDT, CST, CDT, EST, EDT) and the +/-hhmm offset specifed in RFC-822 should be supported. It is recommended that times in message headers be transmitted in GMT and displayed in the local time zone. There. The news bible speaks, with Chapter and Verse. Just another news admin, -- /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \=Cute Quote: "Welcome to Portland, Oregon, home of the California Raisins!"=/