HttpCachePolicy.SetExpires(DateTime) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Sets the Expires HTTP header to an absolute date and time.

public:
 void SetExpires(DateTime date);

public void SetExpires (DateTime date);

member this.SetExpires : DateTime -> unit

Public Sub SetExpires (date As DateTime)

Parameters

date

DateTime

The absolute DateTime value to set the Expires header to.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to set the expiration time to 6:00 P.M. local time on the current expiration day.

Response.Cache.SetExpires(DateTime.Parse("6:00:00PM"));

Response.Cache.SetExpires(DateTime.Parse("6:00:00PM"))

Remarks

This method will fail if the expiration date violates the principle of restrictiveness.