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-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/emailutil.tex7
-rw-r--r--Lib/email/Utils.py11
-rw-r--r--Lib/email/test/test_email.py9
-rw-r--r--Lib/urllib.py4
-rw-r--r--Lib/urllib2.py4
5 files changed, 28 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex b/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
index c41f066..b93a2b9 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ changes in daylight savings time, though not worth worrying about for
common use.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{formatdate}{\optional{timeval\optional{, localtime}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{formatdate}{\optional{timeval\optional{, localtime}\optional{, usegmt}}}
Returns a date string as per \rfc{2822}, e.g.:
\begin{verbatim}
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ Optional \var{localtime} is a flag that when \code{True}, interprets
\var{timeval}, and returns a date relative to the local timezone
instead of UTC, properly taking daylight savings time into account.
The default is \code{False} meaning UTC is used.
+
+Optional \var{usegmt} is a flag that when \code{True}, outputs a
+date string with the timezone as an ascii string \code{GMT}, rather
+than a numeric \code{-0000}. This is needed for some protocols (such
+as HTTP). This only applies when \var{localtime} is \code{False}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{make_msgid}{\optional{idstring}}
diff --git a/Lib/email/Utils.py b/Lib/email/Utils.py
index e786d26..f210eec 100644
--- a/Lib/email/Utils.py
+++ b/Lib/email/Utils.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ecre = re.compile(r'''
-def formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=False):
+def formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=False, usegmt=False):
"""Returns a date string as specified by RFC 2822, e.g.:
Fri, 09 Nov 2001 01:08:47 -0000
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ def formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=False):
Optional localtime is a flag that when True, interprets timeval, and
returns a date relative to the local timezone instead of UTC, properly
taking daylight savings time into account.
+
+ Optional argument usegmt means that the timezone is written out as
+ an ascii string, not numeric one (so "GMT" instead of "+0000"). This
+ is needed for HTTP, and is only used when localtime==False.
"""
# Note: we cannot use strftime() because that honors the locale and RFC
# 2822 requires that day and month names be the English abbreviations.
@@ -138,7 +142,10 @@ def formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=False):
else:
now = time.gmtime(timeval)
# Timezone offset is always -0000
- zone = '-0000'
+ if usegmt:
+ zone = 'GMT'
+ else:
+ zone = '-0000'
return '%s, %02d %s %04d %02d:%02d:%02d %s' % (
['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'][now[6]],
now[2],
diff --git a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
index f2aa8d7..745260e 100644
--- a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
+++ b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
@@ -2037,6 +2037,15 @@ class TestMiscellaneous(unittest.TestCase):
Utils.parsedate(Utils.formatdate(now, localtime=True))[:6],
time.localtime(now)[:6])
+ def test_formatdate_usegmt(self):
+ now = time.time()
+ self.assertEqual(
+ Utils.formatdate(now, localtime=False),
+ time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S -0000', time.gmtime(now)))
+ self.assertEqual(
+ Utils.formatdate(now, localtime=False, usegmt=True),
+ time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT', time.gmtime(now)))
+
def test_parsedate_none(self):
self.assertEqual(Utils.parsedate(''), None)
diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index 2969ef0..e2f01c5 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class URLopener:
def open_local_file(self, url):
"""Use local file."""
- import mimetypes, mimetools, rfc822, StringIO
+ import mimetypes, mimetools, email.Utils, StringIO
host, file = splithost(url)
localname = url2pathname(file)
try:
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class URLopener:
except OSError, e:
raise IOError(e.errno, e.strerror, e.filename)
size = stats.st_size
- modified = rfc822.formatdate(stats.st_mtime)
+ modified = email.Utils.formatdate(stats.st_mtime, usegmt=True)
mtype = mimetypes.guess_type(url)[0]
headers = mimetools.Message(StringIO.StringIO(
'Content-Type: %s\nContent-Length: %d\nLast-modified: %s\n' %
diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index f1c94e1..644b380 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ import os
import posixpath
import random
import re
-import rfc822
import sha
import socket
import sys
@@ -1129,12 +1128,13 @@ class FileHandler(BaseHandler):
# not entirely sure what the rules are here
def open_local_file(self, req):
+ import email.Utils
host = req.get_host()
file = req.get_selector()
localfile = url2pathname(file)
stats = os.stat(localfile)
size = stats.st_size
- modified = rfc822.formatdate(stats.st_mtime)
+ modified = email.Utils.formatdate(stats.st_mtime, usegmt=True)
mtype = mimetypes.guess_type(file)[0]
headers = mimetools.Message(StringIO(
'Content-type: %s\nContent-length: %d\nLast-modified: %s\n' %