commit 0c085d991f65af84ed838007fbd5d6af51cb5e6f Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Thu Oct 10 15:08:30 2013 -0400

Describe what an HTTP date is --- src/tlsdate-helper.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tlsdate-helper.c b/src/tlsdate-helper.c index 2a92195..2e0e2fb 100644 --- a/src/tlsdate-helper.c +++ b/src/tlsdate-helper.c @@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ handle_date_line(const char *dateline, uint32_t *result) struct tm tm; int i; time_t t; + /* We recognize the three formats in RFC2616, section 3.3.1. Month + names are always in English. The formats are: + + Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123 + Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036 + Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 ; ANSI C's asctime() format + + Note that the first is preferred. + */

static const char *MONTHS[] = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",