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instance method

Time#httpdate

() -> ::String

httpdate

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/time.rb, line 744
def httpdate
  getutc.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT')
end

Returns a string which represents the time as RFC 1123 date of HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616:

day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss GMT

Note that the result is always UTC (GMT).

Example

require 'time'

t = Time.now
t.httpdate # => "Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:26:12 GMT"

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

See also .httpdate #hour #inspect #hash also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0