Format a date according to
RFC-1123,
e.g. Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
.
Source
static String format(DateTime date) { const List wkday = const ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"]; const List month = const ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"]; DateTime d = date.toUtc(); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer() ..write(wkday[d.weekday - 1]) ..write(", ") ..write(d.day <= 9 ? "0" : "") ..write(d.day.toString()) ..write(" ") ..write(month[d.month - 1]) ..write(" ") ..write(d.year.toString()) ..write(d.hour <= 9 ? " 0" : " ") ..write(d.hour.toString()) ..write(d.minute <= 9 ? ":0" : ":") ..write(d.minute.toString()) ..write(d.second <= 9 ? ":0" : ":") ..write(d.second.toString()) ..write(" GMT"); return sb.toString(); }