usefor-article-13 May 2004

5.1.  Date

   The Date-header contains the date and time that the article was
   prepared by the poster ready for transmission and SHOULD express the
   poster's local time. The content syntax makes use of syntax defined
   in [RFC 2822] (but see the revised definition of zone in section
   2.4.3).

      header              =/ Date-header
      Date-header         = "Date" ":" SP Date-content
      Date-content        = date-time

   The date-time MUST be semantically valid as required by [RFC 2822].
   Although folding white space is permitted throughout the date-time
   syntax, it is RECOMMENDED that a single space be used in each place
   that FWS appears (whether it is required or optional).

   The date-time MUST NOT be more than 24 hours into the future
   (injecting agents will reject such articles, possibly even when the
   margin is less than 24 hours - see 8.2.2 - and MAY also reject them
   if it is inordinately far into the past).  Relaying agents MUST NOT
   modify the Date-header in transit.

--- ../usefor-article-12/Date.out          November 2003
+++ ../usefor-article-13/Date.out          May 2004
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
    syntax, it is RECOMMENDED that a single space be used in each place
    that FWS appears (whether it is required or optional).
 
-   In order to prevent the reinjection of expired articles into the news
-   stream, relaying and serving agents MUST refuse "stale" articles
-   whose Date-header predates the earliest articles of which they
-   normally keep record, or which is more than 24 hours into the future
-   (though they MAY use a margin less than that 24 hours). Relaying
-   agents MUST NOT modify the Date-header in transit.
+   The date-time MUST NOT be more than 24 hours into the future
+   (injecting agents will reject such articles, possibly even when the
+   margin is less than 24 hours - see 8.2.2 - and MAY also reject them
+   if it is inordinately far into the past).  Relaying agents MUST NOT
+   modify the Date-header in transit.