Date header.

Detailed Description

The Date header field reflects the time when the request or response was first sent.

Its syntax is defined in [H14.18] as follows:

    Date          =  "Date" HCOLON HTTP-date
    HTTP-date      =  rfc1123-date
    rfc1123-date  =  wkday "," SP date1 SP time SP "GMT"
    date1         =  2DIGIT SP month SP 4DIGIT
                     ; day month year (e.g., 02 Jun 1982)
    time          =  2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT
                     ; 00:00:00 - 23:59:59
    wkday         =  "Mon" / "Tue" / "Wed"
                     / "Thu" / "Fri" / "Sat" / "Sun"
    month         =  "Jan" / "Feb" / "Mar" / "Apr"
                     / "May" / "Jun" / "Jul" / "Aug"
                     / "Sep" / "Oct" / "Nov" / "Dec"

Defines

#define HTTP_DATE_INIT()

Initializer for structure http_date_t.

#define HTTPTAG_DATE(x)

Tag list item for pointer to a Date header object.

#define HTTPTAG_DATE_STR(s)

Tag list item for string with Date header value.

Typedefs

typedef http_date_s http_date_t

The structure http_date_t contains representation of Date header.

Enumerations

enum { http_date_hash }

Functions

http_date_t * http_date_init (http_date_t x[1])

Initialize a structure http_date_t.

int http_is_date (http_header_t const *header)

Test if header object is instance of http_date_t.

http_date_t * http_date_dup (su_home_t *home, http_date_t const *hdr))

Duplicate (deep copy) http_date_t.

http_date_t * http_date_copy (su_home_t *home, http_date_t const *hdr))

Copy a http_date_t header structure.

http_date_t * http_date_make (su_home_t *home, char const *s))

Make a header structure http_date_t.

http_date_t * http_date_format (su_home_t *home, char const *fmt,...)))

Make a Date header from formatting result.

http_date_t * http_date_create (su_home_t *home, http_time_t date)

Create an Date header object.

Variables

msg_hclass_t http_date_class []

Header class for HTTP Date header.

msg_parse_f http_date_d

Decode (parse) a Date header.

msg_print_f http_date_e

Encode (print) a Date header.

Define Documentation

#define HTTP_DATE_INIT ( )

Initializer for structure http_date_t.
A static http_date_t structure must be initialized with the HTTP_DATE_INIT() macro. For instance,
http_date_t http_date = HTTP_DATE_INIT;

#define HTTPTAG_DATE ( x )

Tag list item for pointer to a Date header object.
The HTTPTAG_DATE() macro is used to include a tag item with a pointer to a http_date_t object in a tag list.

Parameters:

x pointer to a http_date_t header structure, or NULL.

#define HTTPTAG_DATE_STR ( s )

Tag list item for string with Date header value.
The HTTPTAG_DATE_STR() macro is used to include a tag item with a string containing value of a http_date_t header in a tag list.

Parameters:

s pointer to a string containing http_date_t value, or NULL.

The HTTPTAG_DATE_STR string can be converted to a http_date_t header structure by giving the string s has second argument to function http_date_make().

Typedef Documentation

typedef struct http_date_s http_date_t

The structure http_date_t contains representation of Date header.
The http_date_t is defined as follows:
typedef struct { msg_common_t d_common[1]; // Common fragment info msg_error_t *d_next; // Link to next (dummy) http_time_t d_time; // Seconds since Jan 1, 1900 } http_date_t;

Enumeration Type Documentation

anonymous enum

Enumerator:

http_date_hash Hash of Date header.

Function Documentation

http_date_t * http_date_copy ( su_home_t * home,

http_date_t const * hdr

) [inline]

Copy a http_date_t header structure.
The function http_date_copy() copies a header structure hdr. If the header structure hdr contains a reference (hdr->h_next) to a list of headers, all the headers in that list are copied, too. The function uses given memory home to allocate all the memory areas used to copy the header structure hdr.

Parameters:

home memory home used to allocate new structure

hdr pointer to the header structure to be duplicated

When copying, only the header structure and parameter lists attached to it are duplicated. The new header structure retains all the references to the strings within the old header, including the encoding of the old header, if present.

Example
date = http_date_copy(home, http->http_date);

Returns:
The function http_date_copy() returns a pointer to newly copied header structure, or NULL upon an error.

http_date_t* http_date_create ( su_home_t * home,

http_time_t date

)

Create an Date header object.
The function http_date_create() creates a Date header object with the date date. If
Date:
is 0, current time (as returned by msg_now()) is used.

Parameters:

home memory home

date date expressed as seconds since Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00

Returns:
The function http_date_create() returns a pointer to newly created Date header object when successful, or NULL upon an error.

http_date_t * http_date_dup ( su_home_t * home,

http_date_t const * hdr

) [inline]

Duplicate (deep copy) http_date_t.
The function http_date_dup() duplicates a header structure hdr. If the header structure hdr contains a reference (hdr->x_next) to a list of headers, all the headers in the list are duplicated, too.

Parameters:

home memory home used to allocate new structure

hdr header structure to be duplicated

When duplicating, all parameter lists and non-constant strings attached to the header are copied, too. The function uses given memory home to allocate all the memory areas used to copy the header.

Example
date = http_date_dup(home, http->http_date);

Returns:
The function http_date_dup() returns a pointer to the newly duplicated http_date_t header structure, or NULL upon an error.

http_date_t * http_date_format ( su_home_t * home,

char const * fmt,

...

) [inline]

Make a Date header from formatting result.
The function http_date_format() makes a new Date header object using formatting result as its value. The function first prints the arguments according to the format fmt specified. Then it allocates a new header structure, and uses the formatting result as the header value.

Parameters:

home memory home used to allocate new header structure.

fmt string used as a printf()-style format

... argument list for format

Note:
This function is usually implemented as a macro calling msg_header_format().

Returns:
The function http_date_format() returns a pointer to newly makes header structure, or NULL upon an error.

http_date_t* http_date_init ( http_date_t x[1] ) [inline]

Initialize a structure http_date_t.
An http_date_t structure can be initialized with the http_date_init() function/macro. For instance,
http_date_t http_date; http_date_init(&http_date);

http_date_t * http_date_make ( su_home_t * home,

char const * s

) [inline]

Make a header structure http_date_t.
The function http_date_make() makes a new http_date_t header structure. It allocates a new header structure, and decodes the string s as the value of the structure.

Parameters:

home memory home used to allocate new header structure.

s string to be decoded as value of the new header structure

Note:
This function is usually implemented as a macro calling http_header_make().

Returns:
The function http_date_make() returns a pointer to newly maked http_date_t header structure, or NULL upon an error.

int http_is_date ( http_header_t const * header ) [inline]

Test if header object is instance of http_date_t.
The function http_is_date() returns true (nonzero) if the header class is an instance of Date header object and false (zero) otherwise.

Parameters:

header pointer to the header structure to be tested

Returns:
The function http_is_xdate() returns true (nonzero) if the header object is an instance of header date and false (zero) otherwise.

Variable Documentation

msg_hclass_t http_date_class[]

Header class for HTTP Date header.
The header class http_date_class defines how a HTTP Date header is parsed and printed. It also contains methods used by HTTP parser and other functions to manipulate the http_date_t header structure.


Defines
#define	HTTP_DATE_INIT()
	Initializer for structure http_date_t.
#define	HTTPTAG_DATE(x)
	Tag list item for pointer to a Date header object.
#define	HTTPTAG_DATE_STR(s)
	Tag list item for string with Date header value.
Typedefs
typedef http_date_s	http_date_t
	The structure http_date_t contains representation of Date header.
Enumerations
enum	{ http_date_hash }
Functions
http_date_t *	http_date_init (http_date_t x[1])
	Initialize a structure http_date_t.
int	http_is_date (http_header_t const *header)
	Test if header object is instance of http_date_t.
http_date_t *	http_date_dup (su_home_t home, http_date_t const hdr))
	Duplicate (deep copy) `http_date_t`.
http_date_t *	http_date_copy (su_home_t home, http_date_t const hdr))
	Copy a http_date_t header structure.
http_date_t *	http_date_make (su_home_t home, char const s))
	Make a header structure http_date_t.
http_date_t *	http_date_format (su_home_t home, char const fmt,...)))
	Make a Date header from formatting result.
http_date_t *	http_date_create (su_home_t *home, http_time_t date)
	Create an Date header object.
Variables
msg_hclass_t	http_date_class []
	Header class for HTTP Date header.
msg_parse_f	http_date_d
	Decode (parse) a Date header.
msg_print_f	http_date_e
	Encode (print) a Date header.