private void checkDate(String date) throws Exception { Header header = new Header("Set-Cookie", "custno=12345;Expires='"+date+"';"); HttpParams params = new DefaultHttpParamsFactory().getDefaultParams(); CookieSpec cookiespec = new CookieSpecBase(); cookiespec.setValidDateFormats( (Collection)params.getParameter(HttpMethodParams.DATE_PATTERNS)); cookieParse(cookiespec, "localhost", 80, "/", false, header); }