PHP session_cache_limiter() private and nocache HTTP Expires date question

Bobay

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If you look at the PHP doc help for function session_cache_limiter(), you will see that if the cache_limiter parameter is set to private or nocache the Expires HTTP header is set to a const date (Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT). I understand that this is a date in the past to avoid caching, but why this date/time in particular? It's not the 0 date, my guess is that this is some kind of easter egg. If it's some kind of dummy value in the past, can I change it for something else (still in the past) and still have the private/nocache mechanism still working?
 
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