-- |This module provides functions to parse and format HTTP\/1.1 date -- and time formats. -- -- The HTTP\/1.1 specification (RFC 2616) says that HTTP\/1.1 clients -- and servers which parse the date value MUST accept all the -- following formats, though they MUST only generate the RFC 1123 -- format for representing HTTP-date values in header fields: -- -- > 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 -- -- It also says that all HTTP date\/time stamps MUST be represented in -- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), without exception. For the purposes of -- HTTP, GMT is exactly equal to UTC (Coordinated Universal -- Time). This is indicated in the first two formats by the inclusion -- of @\"GMT\"@ as the three-letter abbreviation for time zone, and -- MUST be assumed when reading the asctime format. -- -- > HTTP-date = rfc1123-date | rfc850-date | asctime-date -- > rfc1123-date = wkday "," SP date1 SP time SP "GMT" -- > rfc850-date = weekday "," SP date2 SP time SP "GMT" -- > asctime-date = wkday SP date3 SP time SP 4DIGIT -- > date1 = 2DIGIT SP month SP 4DIGIT -- > ; day month year (e.g., 02 Jun 1982) -- > date2 = 2DIGIT "-" month "-" 2DIGIT -- > ; day-month-year (e.g., 02-Jun-82) -- > date3 = month SP ( 2DIGIT | ( SP 1DIGIT )) -- > ; month day (e.g., Jun 2) -- > time = 2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT -- > ; 00:00:00 - 23:59:59 -- > wkday = "Mon" | "Tue" | "Wed" -- > | "Thu" | "Fri" | "Sat" | "Sun" -- > weekday = "Monday" | "Tuesday" | "Wednesday" -- > | "Thursday" | "Friday" | "Saturday" | "Sunday" -- > month = "Jan" | "Feb" | "Mar" | "Apr" -- > | "May" | "Jun" | "Jul" | "Aug" -- > | "Sep" | "Oct" | "Nov" | "Dec" module Data.Time.HTTP ( format , parse ) where import qualified Data.Time.RFC1123 as RFC1123 import Data.Time import Data.Time.HTTP.Internal -- |Format an 'UTCTime' in RFC 1123 date and time. format :: UTCTime -> String format utcTime = let timeZone = TimeZone 0 False "GMT" zonedTime = utcToZonedTime timeZone utcTime in RFC1123.format zonedTime -- |Parse a date and time string in any of RFC 822, RFC 1123, RFC 850 -- and ANSI C's asctime() formats. When the string can't be parsed, it -- returns 'Nothing'. -- -- This function is even more permissive than what HTTP\/1.1 -- specifies. That is, it accepts 2-digit years in RFC 822, omitted -- separator symbols in RFC 850, omitted sec fields, and non-GMT time -- zones. I believe this behavior will not cause a problem but you -- should know this. parse :: String -> Maybe UTCTime parse src = case P.parse p "" src of Right ut -> Just ut Left _ -> Nothing where p = do zt <- rfc2616DateAndTime _ <- P.eof return zt