rfc1123 issues #270

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1. sdispater commented on Aug 28, 2018

   

   sdispater

   on Aug 28, 2018

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   You can take two approaches here. You can either use the from_format() helper:

   >>> import pendulum
   >>> pendulum.from_format("Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:13:09 +0000", "ddd, DD MMM YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ")
   DateTime(2018, 8, 27, 2, 13, 9, tzinfo=Timezone('+00:00'))

   or use the parse() method in non-strict mode:

   >>> import pendulum
   >>> pendulum.parse("Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:13:09 +0000", strict=False)
   DateTime(2018, 8, 27, 2, 13, 9, tzinfo=Timezone('+00:00'))
2. trancee commented on Aug 29, 2018

   

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   Thank you for the tips. I chose the second approach and that seems to be working.

   But for my first question, I am still not sure. The referred specification about HTTP-date says that the timezone should be GMT whereas Pendulum returns +0000.

   Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:13:09 +0000

   Is it possible that Pendulumn returns GMT in place of +0000 to be compliant with the standards of rfc1123-date and rfc850-date?
3. sdispater commented on Sep 24, 2018

   

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   From what I read in the RFC it says:

   There is a strong trend towards the use of numeric timezone
   indicators, and implementations SHOULD use numeric timezones
   instead of timezone names. However, all implementations MUST
   accept either notation. If timezone names are used, they MUST
   be exactly as defined in RFC-822.

   So what Pendulum is doing is correct and the recommended way.
4. trancee commented on Sep 24, 2018

   

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   I did not say Pendulum is wrong, and I agree with the above quoted citation. But still, for rfc1123 and rfc850 dates it should not be numerical but fixed GMT instead of +0000.

   Currently, I simply replace it manually after I converted the date with Pendulum, but it would be nice if Pendulum would do it according to rfc1123 and rfc850 by default.