Parses a string resembling an RFC 822 date. This is meant to be leinent in its parsing of dates. Hence, this will parse a wider range of dates than apr_date_parse_http.
The prominent mailer (or poster, if mailer is unknown) that has been seen in the wild is included for the unknown formats.
Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 ; ANSI C's asctime() format
Sun, 6 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
Sun, 06 Nov 94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822
Sun, 6 Nov 94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822
Sun, 06 Nov 94 08:49 GMT ; Unknown [drtr@ast.cam.ac.uk]
Sun, 6 Nov 94 08:49 GMT ; Unknown [drtr@ast.cam.ac.uk]
Sun, 06 Nov 94 8:49:37 GMT ; Unknown [Elm 70.85]
Sun, 6 Nov 94 8:49:37 GMT ; Unknown [Elm 70.85]
- Parameters
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date | The date in one of the formats above |
- Returns
- the apr_time_t number of microseconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT, or 0 if this would be out of range or if the date is invalid.