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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/rfc822.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/rfc822.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/rfc822.py b/Lib/rfc822.py index c2249f3681..e69c4cbcde 100644 --- a/Lib/rfc822.py +++ b/Lib/rfc822.py @@ -953,11 +953,21 @@ def formatdate(timeval=None): """Returns time format preferred for Internet standards. Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123 + + According to RFC 1123, day and month names must always be in + English. If not for that, this code could use strftime(). It + can't because strftime() honors the locale and could generated + non-English names. """ if timeval is None: timeval = time.time() - return "%s" % time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT', - time.gmtime(timeval)) + timeval = time.gmtime(timeval) + return "%s, %02d %s %04d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT" % ( + ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"][timeval[6]], + timeval[2], + ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", + "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"][timeval[1]-1], + timeval[0], timeval[3], timeval[4], timeval[5]) # When used as script, run a small test program. |