fmt_httpdate(3)

fmt_httpdate3

Write a date in ascii as in the http protocol

Usage

#include <libowfat/fmt.h>

size_t fmt_httpdate(char *dest,time_t source);

Overview

fmt_httpdate writes a date in ASCII representation as the HTTP protocol defines it: "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT".

fmt_httpdate does not append \0.

If dest equals FMT_LEN (i.e. is zero), fmt_httpdate returns the number of bytes it would have written.

The output of fmt_httpdate is 29 until Jan 1st 10000.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7–11
  2. 12–13

From libowfat-dev 0.32-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.