Re: Can proxies rewrite Date:?

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> Our discussions (in the caching subgroup) have assumed that Date:
> is set when the response is generated by the origin server, and
> we have used this assumption to define the meaning of Expires:.
> If proxies rewrite Date: response headers, we are in some trouble.

Neither one of the proxies I've written changes the Date: header, and
I'm not aware of any proxy that does it.  I would say it's safe to
trust the Date: header not to be mangled by intermediaries.

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