Date.httpdate

(::String str, ?::Integer start) -> ::Date

Date.httpdate(string = 'Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT', start = Date::ITALY, limit: 128) → date

static VALUE
date_s_httpdate(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE str, sg, opt;

    argc = rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "02:", &str, &sg, &opt);

    switch (argc) {
      case 0:
        str = rb_str_new2(JULIAN_EPOCH_DATETIME_HTTPDATE);
      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:

Argument start.
Argument limit.

Related: Date._httpdate (returns a hash).

See also #httpdate ._httpdate ._iso8601 .gregorian_leap? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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