.. Http/Header/AbstractDate.php generated using docpx on 01/30/13 03:26pm


Class
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Zend\\Http\\Header\\AbstractDate
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Abstract Date/Time Header
Supports headers that have date/time as value

Methods
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fromString
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.. function:: fromString()


    Create date-based header from string

    :param string: 

    :rtype: AbstractDate 

    :throws: Exception\InvalidArgumentException 



setDateFormat
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.. function:: setDateFormat()


    Set date output format

    :param int: 

    :throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException: 



getDateFormat
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.. function:: getDateFormat()


    Return current date output format

    :rtype: string 



setDate
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.. function:: setDate()


    Set the date for this header, this can be a string or an instance of \DateTime

    :param string|DateTime: 

    :rtype: AbstractDate 

    :throws: Exception\InvalidArgumentException 



getDate
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.. function:: getDate()


    Return date for this header

    :rtype: string 



date
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.. function:: date()


    Return date for this header as an instance of \DateTime

    :rtype: DateTime 



compareTo
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.. function:: compareTo()


    Compare provided date to date for this header
    Returns < 0 if date in header is less than $date; > 0 if it's greater, and 0 if they are equal.


    :param string|DateTime: 

    :rtype: int 

    :throws: Exception\InvalidArgumentException 



getFieldValue
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.. function:: getFieldValue()


    Get header value as formatted date

    :rtype: string 



toString
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.. function:: toString()


    Return header line

    :rtype: string 



__toString
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.. function:: __toString()


    Allow casting to string

    :rtype: string 





Constants
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DATE_RFC1123
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Date formats according to RFC 2616

DATE_RFC1036
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DATE_ANSIC
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