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package io.netty.handler.codec.http;

import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

/**
 * This DateFormat decodes 3 formats of {@link Date}, but only encodes the one,
 * the first:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT: standard specification, the only one with
 * valid generation</li>
 * <li>Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT: obsolete specification</li>
 * <li>Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994: obsolete specification</li>
 * </ul>
 */
final class HttpHeaderDateFormat extends SimpleDateFormat {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -925286159755905325L;

    private final SimpleDateFormat format1 = new HttpHeaderDateFormatObsolete1();
    private final SimpleDateFormat format2 = new HttpHeaderDateFormatObsolete2();

    /**
     * Standard date format<p>
     * Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT -> E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z
     */
    HttpHeaderDateFormat() {
        super("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.ENGLISH);
        setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
    }

    @Override
    public Date parse(String text, ParsePosition pos) {
        Date date = super.parse(text, pos);
        if (date == null) {
            date = format1.parse(text, pos);
        }
        if (date == null) {
            date = format2.parse(text, pos);
        }
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * First obsolete format<p>
     * Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT -> E, d-MMM-y HH:mm:ss z
     */
    private static final class HttpHeaderDateFormatObsolete1 extends SimpleDateFormat {
        private static final long serialVersionUID = -3178072504225114298L;

        HttpHeaderDateFormatObsolete1() {
            super("E, dd-MMM-y HH:mm:ss z", Locale.ENGLISH);
            setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Second obsolete format
     * <p>
     * Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 -> EEE, MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy
     */
    private static final class HttpHeaderDateFormatObsolete2 extends SimpleDateFormat {
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 3010674519968303714L;

        HttpHeaderDateFormatObsolete2() {
            super("E MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
            setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        }
    }
}

@@ -2366,24 +2366,25 @@
 %22E, dd-MMM-y
+y
  HH:mm:ss z%22

Update HttpHeaderDateFormat.java