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| -rw-r--r-- | env.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -116,14 +116,15 @@ char *rfc822timestamp(void) time(&now); #ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME /* - * Conform to RFC822. Note that we generate a 4-digit year here, - * avoiding Y2K hassles. Note: max length of this timestamp in an - * English locale should be 32 chars, assuming a 5-character timezone - * of the form [+-]nnnn. The only things that should vary by locale + * Conform to RFC822. GMT rather than local time because of the + * mess that %Z generates obsolete 822 syntax but %z is not + * guaranteed portable. We generate a 4-digit year here, avoiding + * Y2K hassles. Max length of this timestamp in an English locale + * should be 29 chars. The only things that should vary by locale * are the day and month abbreviations. */ strftime(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, - "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z", localtime(&now)); + "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", gmtime(&now)); #else /* * This is really just a portability fallback, as the |