1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/remote_file.rb b/lib/chef/resource/remote_file.rb
index 524e00186b..df055ab6b4 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/remote_file.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/remote_file.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class Chef
         @resource_name = :remote_file
         @action = "create"
         @source = []
+        @etag = nil
+        @last_modified = nil
         @ftp_active_mode = false
         @provider = Chef::Provider::RemoteFile
       end
@@ -55,6 +57,31 @@ class Chef
         )
       end
 
+      def etag(args=nil)
+        # Only store the etag itself, skip the quotes (and leading W/ if it's there)
+        if args.is_a?(String) && args.include?('"')
+          args = args.split('"')[1]
+        end
+        set_or_return(
+          :etag,
+          args,
+          :kind_of => String
+        )
+      end
+
+      def last_modified(args=nil)
+        if args.is_a?(String)
+          args = Time.parse(args).gmtime
+        elsif args.is_a?(Time)
+          args.gmtime
+        end
+        set_or_return(
+          :last_modified,
+          args,
+          :kind_of => Time
+        )
+      end
+
       def ftp_active_mode(args=nil)
         set_or_return(
           :ftp_active_mode,