[Zope-dev] y2k

[Martijn Pieters]

At 08:12 27/05/99 , Service Informatique CHSR wrote:
>At the beginning of the world, while inventing the internet (no, Al Gore
>didn't :-))
>I suggested a patch adressing that issue.
>However, I didn't write:
>
>e=(DateTime('GMT') + 365).rfc822()
>
>but:
>
>try:
>     e=(self.ZopeTime()+365).rfc822()
>except:
>     e='the old date value'
>
>The try: except: statement is for the guys whose timezone
>is not in DateTime.py. In that case, DateTimeObject+offset
>raises an exception.

This will push DC into finally implementing my tzoffset patch =). Support 
for any timezone offset of whole hours.

>And yes, I find that using DateTime('GMT') is better than
>  writing self.ZopeTime().

According to the Netscape Cookie specification, all cookie expiration dates 
should be expressed in the GMT timezone... I thought Zope better comply, so 
it'll work in browsers that are picky about this.

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