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instance method

CGI::Util#rfc1123_date

rfc1123_date(time)

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/lib/cgi/util.rb, line 219
def rfc1123_date(time)
  time.getgm.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT")
end

Format a Time object as a String using the format specified by RFC 1123.

Example

CGI.rfc1123_date(Time.now)
  # Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT

See also #pretty #unescape #h #unescape_element also in 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0