http_date: Format timestamps to match the HTTP specs

In thomasp85/reqres: Powerful Classes for HTTP Requests and Responses

Format timestamps to match the HTTP specs

Description

Dates/times in HTTP headers needs a specific format to be valid, and is furthermore always given in GMT time. These two functions aids in converting back and forth between the required format.

Usage

to_http_date(time, format = NULL)

from_http_date(time)

Arguments

time	A string or an object coercible to POSIXct
format	In case time is not a POSIXct object a specification how the string should be interpreted.

Value

to_http_date() returns a properly formatted string, while from_http_date() returns a POSIXct object

Examples

time <- to_http_date(Sys.time())
time
from_http_date(time)

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