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class method
Date.httpdate
Date.httpdate(string = 'Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT', start = Date::ITALY, limit: 128) → date
ext/date/date_core.c
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static VALUE
date_s_httpdate(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
VALUE str, sg, opt;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "02:", &str, &sg, &opt);
switch (argc) {
case 0:
str = rb_str_new2("Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT");
case 1:
sg = INT2FIX(DEFAULT_SG);
}
{
int argc2 = 1;
VALUE argv2[2], hash;
argv2[0] = str;
if (!NIL_P(opt)) argv2[argc2++] = opt;
hash = date_s__httpdate(argc2, argv2, klass);
return d_new_by_frags(klass, hash, sg);
}
}
Returns a new Date object with values parsed from string, which should be a valid HTTP date format:
Example
d = Date.new(2001, 2, 3) s = d.httpdate # => "Sat, 03 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT" Date.httpdate(s) # => #<Date: 2001-02-03>
See:
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Argument start.
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Argument limit.
Related: Date._httpdate (returns a hash).