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Diffstat (limited to 'src/global/mail_date.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/global/mail_date.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/global/mail_date.c b/src/global/mail_date.c index 55d8907..439a0ea 100644 --- a/src/global/mail_date.c +++ b/src/global/mail_date.c @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ /* time_t when; /* DESCRIPTION /* mail_date() converts the time specified in \fIwhen\fR to the -/* form: "Mon, 9 Dec 1996 05:38:26 -0500 (EST)" and returns +/* form: "Mon, 09 Dec 1996 05:38:26 -0500 (EST)" and returns /* a pointer to the result. The result is overwritten upon /* each call. /* DIAGNOSTICS @@ -98,8 +98,13 @@ const char *mail_date(time_t when) * First, format the date and wall-clock time. XXX The %e format (day of * month, leading zero replaced by blank) isn't in my POSIX book, but * many vendors seem to support it. + * + * The RFC 5322 Date and Time Specification recommends (i.e., should) "that + * a single space be used in each place that FWS appears". To avoid a + * potentially breaking change, we prefer the %d (two-digit day) format, + * i.e. days 1-9 now have a leading zero instead of a leading space. */ -#ifdef MISSING_STRFTIME_E +#if defined(MISSING_STRFTIME_E) || defined(TWO_DIGIT_DAY_IN_DATE_TIME) #define STRFTIME_FMT "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S " #else #define STRFTIME_FMT "%a, %e %b %Y %H:%M:%S " |