OW 3.1 accepts no Cookies!!
Ken Case
kc at omnigroup.com
Wed Mar 22 13:51:54 PST 2000
> I don't know if the server has a bug or OW, but at least IE and
> Netscape can handle the date 25-Jan-16...
That's what I get for believing the Cookie Specification
(http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html)! It says
that the date will be formatted with 4-digit years, so I originally
allowed only that. When I discovered a few years ago that some sites
were also using 2-digit years, I added support for that as well--but
I assumed (incorrectly, in retrospect) that nobody would be foolish
enough to continue using 2-digit years for electronic communication
following Y2K, that beyond Y2K everyone would be following the spec
and using unambiguous years. I guess I was wrong!
Fixed for 3.1rc2 and 4.0rc2. (By the way, if you keep your patch
around for any reason you might want to fix it so it correctly
handles four-digit years: right now, it will add 2000 to them.)
Ken
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