HttpWebRequest request.Date Not Does not honor string format by lwoodb

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Type:	Bug
ID:	776389
Opened:	1/11/2013 5:27:45 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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The HttpWebRequest request.Date header can be only get modified in .NET Framework 4 and according to the documentation, the System.Net namespace will always write this header as standard form using GMT (UTC) format. So, whatever you can do to format your date as you want, won't work!

In other .NET framework versions you won't be able to modify the HttpWebRequest request.Date header because it will use the actual date in correct GMT (UTC) format unless you use a kind of hack to set your own date and format

Full detail here
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11497177/c-sharp-httpwebrequest-date-header-formatting

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.NET Framework 4.0

string pattern = "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss -0000";
request.Date = DateTime.ParseExact("Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:16:18 -0000", pattern, null);
But, when I look at the headers of the request, here's what I get:

request.Headers.Get("Date");
// "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:16:18 GMT"

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request.Headers.Get("Date");
// "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:16:18 GMT"

string pattern = "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss -0000";
request.Date = DateTime.ParseExact("Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:16:18 -0000", pattern, null);

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