Update RECENT_DATE to
MODIFY
src/urllib3/connection.py
src/urllib3/connection.py
@@ -54,11 +54,9 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
port_by_scheme = {"http": 80, "https": 443}
-# When updating RECENT_DATE, move it to within two years of the current date,
-# and not less than 6 months ago.
-# Example: if Today is 2018-01-01, then RECENT_DATE should be any date on or
-# after 2016-01-01 (today - 2 years) AND before 2017-07-01 (today - 6 months)
-RECENT_DATE = datetime.date(2017, 6, 30)
+# When it comes time to update this value as a part of regular maintenance
+# (ie test_recent_date is failing) update it to ~6 months before the current date.
+RECENT_DATE = datetime.date(2019, 1, 1)
class DummyConnection(object):

Update RECENT_DATE to 2019-1-1 (#1645)