Cookie library doesn't parse date properly

[jgillick]

BPO	15080
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @serwy

^{Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.}

Show more details

GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-06-23.05:01:01.932>
created_at = <Date 2012-06-15.20:20:55.323>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = "Cookie library doesn't parse date properly"
updated_at = <Date 2012-06-23.05:01:01.851>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/jgillick'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2012-06-23.05:01:01.851>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2012-06-23.05:01:01.932>
closer = 'terry.reedy'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2012-06-15.20:20:55.323>
creator = 'jgillick'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 15080
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['162932', '162935', '162936', '163530']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'roger.serwy', 'jgillick']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15080'
versions = ['Python 2.6']

[jgillick]

The cookie library doesn't seem to support the standard date format (RFC 822) for the expire property while parsing a cookie.

For example, in the Python prompt:

    >>> import Cookie
    >>> cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie('bcookie="123"; Expires=Sat, 14-Jun-2014 23:03:13 GMT;')
    >>> cookie['bcookie']['expires']
    'Sat,'

That is a standard header, but it only processes the date up to the first space.

[serwy]

2.6.8 is the latest source-only release of the 2.6 series. Here's what I get:

    Python 2.6.8 (unknown, Jun 15 2012, 15:51:46) 
    [GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import Cookie
    >>> cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie('bcookie="123"; Expires=Sat, 14-Jun-2014 23:03:13 GMT;')
    >>> cookie['bcookie']['expires']
    'Sat, 14-Jun-2014 23:03:13 GMT'

Jeremy, what is the exact version of 2.6 being used?

[jgillick]

I'm using Python 2.6.1

[terryjreedy]

Jeremy, when reporting bugs, please first check the latest release. This works in current 2.7.3 (as well as latest 2.6.8 and 3.3.0).
>>> import Cookie
>>> cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie('bcookie="123"; Expires=Sat, 14-Jun-2014 23:03:13 GMT;')
>>> cookie['bcookie']['expires']
'Sat, 14-Jun-2014 23:03:13 GMT'

2.6 only gets security patches. There have been as least a thousand patches since 2.6.1 and this is one of them.