# \[Bug #2704\] CGI::rfc1123\_date causes NameError

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2704-cgi-rfc1123-date-causes-nameerror/182740>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2704-cgi-rfc1123-date-causes-nameerror/182740 "2010-02-02T05:33:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2704-cgi-rfc1123-date-causes-nameerror/182740/1 "2010-02-02T05:33:32Z")

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Bug #2704: CGI::rfc1123\_date causes NameError  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2704](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2704)

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ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p376 (2009-12-07 revision 26041) [i686-linux]

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$ ruby -rcgi/util -e ‘CGI::rfc1123\_date Time.now’  
/usr/local/ruby-1.9.1/lib/ruby/1.9.1/cgi/util.rb:150:in `rfc1123_date': uninitialized constant CGI::RFC822_DAYS (NameError) from -e:1:in `’

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**Author:** ![Naoto\_Takai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Naoto\_Takai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naoto_Takai)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2704-cgi-rfc1123-date-causes-nameerror/182740/2 "2010-04-19T20:01:01Z")

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diff --git a/lib/cgi/core.rb b/lib/cgi/core.rb  
index f3e2300…698c7ce 100644  
— a/lib/cgi/core.rb  
+++ b/lib/cgi/core.rb  
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ class CGI  
“VARIANT\_ALSO\_VARIES” =\> “506 Variant Also Negotiates”  
}

- 
# Abbreviated day-of-week names specified by RFC 822
- RFC822\_DAYS = %w[Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat]

- 
- 
# Abbreviated month names specified by RFC 822
- RFC822\_MONTHS = %w[Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec]

- 
# :startdoc:

def env\_table  
diff --git a/lib/cgi/util.rb b/lib/cgi/util.rb  
index 42f1336…7be3e92 100644  
— a/lib/cgi/util.rb  
+++ b/lib/cgi/util.rb  
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ class CGI  
unescapeElement(str)  
end

- 
# Abbreviated day-of-week names specified by RFC 822
- RFC822\_DAYS = %w[Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat]
- 
- 
# Abbreviated month names specified by RFC 822
- RFC822\_MONTHS = %w[Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec]
- 
# Format a +Time+ object as a String using the format specified by

RFC 1123.

# 

# CGI::rfc1123\_date(Time.now)

## – Yusuke E. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2704](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2704)