gh-123401: Fix http.cookies module to support obsolete RFC 850 date format

Author: Konano

Lib/http/cookies.py

@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ def OutputString(self, attrs=None):
     (?P<val>                         # Start of group 'val'
     "(?:[^\\"]|\\.)*"                  # Any doublequoted string
     |                                  # or
-    \w{3},\s[\w\d\s-]{9,11}\s[\d:]{8}\sGMT  # Special case for "expires" attr
+    # Special case for "expires" attr
+    (\w{3,6}day|\w{3}),\s              # Day of the week or abbreviated day
+    [\w\d\s-]{9,11}\s[\d:]{8}\sGMT     # Date and time in specific format
     |                                  # or
     [""" + _LegalValueChars + r"""]*      # Any word or empty string
     )                                # End of group 'val'

Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py

@@ -59,6 +59,39 @@ def test_basic(self):
             for k, v in sorted(case['dict'].items()):
                 self.assertEqual(C[k].value, v)
 
+    def test_obsolete_rfc850_date_format(self):
+        # Test cases with different days and dates in obsolete RFC 850 format
+        test_cases = [
+            {
+                'data': 'key=value; expires=Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT',
+                'output': 'Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT'
+            },
+            {
+                'data': 'key=value; expires=Wednesday, 09-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT',
+                'output': 'Wednesday, 09-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT'
+            },
+            {
+                'data': 'key=value; expires=Friday, 11-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT',
+                'output': 'Friday, 11-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT'
+            },
+            {
+                'data': 'key=value; expires=Monday, 14-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT',
+                'output': 'Monday, 14-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT'
+            },
+        ]
+
+        for case in test_cases:
+            with self.subTest(data=case['data']):
+                C = cookies.SimpleCookie()
+                C.load(case['data'])
+
+                # Extract the cookie name from the data string
+                cookie_name = case['data'].split('=')[0]
+
+                # Check if the cookie is loaded correctly
+                self.assertIn(cookie_name, C)
+                self.assertEqual(C[cookie_name].get('expires'), case['output'])
+
     def test_unquote(self):
         cases = [
             (r'a="b=\""', 'b="'),