Age

The Age header contains the time in seconds the object was in a proxy cache.

The Age header is usually close to zero. If it is Age: 0, it was probably fetched from the origin server; otherwise, it was usually calculated as a difference between the proxy's current date and the Date general header included in the HTTP response.

Header type Response header
Forbidden header name no

Syntax

http
Age: <delta-seconds>

Directives

<delta-seconds>

A non-negative integer that is time in seconds the object was in a proxy cache.

Examples

http
Age: 24

Specifications

Specification
HTTP Caching
# field.age

Browser compatibility

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See also