Re: [PLUG] date formating in email headers

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 04:58:13PM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> Ximian Evolution is clearly at fault here.
> 
> The idea that it would be possible to specify a "proper" date format
> and force MUAs to adhere to it is preposterous.
> 
> Even if an RFC *did* say something about that, Evolution is doing
> the most basically Wrong thing computer software can. It's failing
> to be broad it what it will accept and narrow it what it will
> produce (well, failing at least half of that, anyway).

What's more, John's email, which was sent from Ximian Evolution 1.2.4,
didn't itself put the day in the Date header:

Date: 16 Jun 2003 16:41:28 +0200

Walt

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