ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

ExpiresAbsolute — Response.ExpiresAbsolute[=[ Date ] [ Time ] ]

Synopsis

Specifies a date and time on which the content of the current page will cease being cached on the client machine. If no time is specified when setting the ExpiresAbsolute property, the time is taken to be midnight on the date specified. Before the date specified in the ExpiresAbsolute property, the client will display the cached version of the current page if the user navigates to it.

Parameters

Date

A calendar date after which the current page will no longer remain cached. The date value you use should be in the standard month/day/year format. However, the value sent in the Response header will conform in format to the RFC 1123 date format.

Time

Specifies the exact time on Date after which the current page will no longer be cached on the user machine. If no date is specified, the client browser will expire the page at midnight of the current day. The web server converts the time you use to GMT before sending this header to the client.

Example

<% 
' The following code sets the current page's caching on the 
' client machine to end at 9 P.M. on 7 May 1998 GMT. NOTE 
' the use of the "#" to designate the date and time.
Response.ExpiresAbsolute=#May 7, 1998 21:00:00#
%>

Notes

As the example demonstrates, you must use the pound character (#) to designate the date and time used in the ExpiresAbsolute property value.

Like the Expires property, setting this property multiple times results in the current page's caching ...