Message 60342 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

There are at least 4 places in the standard Python 2.3 library which build an RFC 2822 formatted string:

rfc822.formatstring email.Utils.formatdate logging.handlers.SMTPHandler.date_time BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer.date_time_string

Looking at them, it makes sense to me to

• replace rfc822's implementation with email's (that's the most flexible of the bunch)

• start a migration so that email uses the one from rfc822, if available, else it's own implementation (since email is distributed to older Pythons)

• have logging use the one in rfc822.

• have BaseHTTPServer use the one in rfc822

If this is deemed an appropriate change, I can send in a patch.