RFR: 8245095: Implementation of JEP 408: Simple Web Server [v5]

[Julia Boes]

On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:18:54 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfuchs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The problem I was referring to was not about printing to the console. I hadn't thought about that, I agree the default locale should be used there. I was referring to `Last-modified` HTTP headers with a non-English date value, e.g.:
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>>     Last-modified: Di., 21 Sep. 2021 09:56:53 GMT
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>> I think browsers will get confused by this. It probably isn't a big deal since I think the server doesn't implement conditional GETs (i.e. use the last-modified date in subsequent requests), but the HTTP spec is [quite strict ][1] about date formats.
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>> [1]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-3.3.1
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> Thanks for clarifying. Yes the date should be in GMT and should not be localized when sent in a `Last-Modified` / `Date` headers. Good catch!

Good catch indeed, thanks! I'll update to GMT when used in the headers.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5505