Class HttpDateFormat

java.lang.Object
org.apache.nutch.net.protocols.HttpDateFormat

public class HttpDateFormat extends Object
Parse and format HTTP dates in HTTP headers, e.g., used to fill the "If-Modified-Since" request header field. HTTP dates use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as time zone and a date format like:
 Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT
 
See sec. 3.3.1 in RFC 2616 and sec. 7.1.1.1 in RFC 7231.