cg-Xlib |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cg-Xlib b/cg-Xlib
--- a/cg-Xlib
+++ b/cg-Xlib
@@ -68,14 +68,12 @@ showdate () {
 	# bash doesn't like leading zeros
 	[ "${tzhours:1:1}" = 0 ] && tzhours=${2:0:1}${2:2:1}
 	secs=$(($secs + $tzhours * 3600 + $tzmins * 60))
+	[ "$format" ] || format="+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S $2"
 	if [ "$has_gnudate" ]; then
-		[ "$format" ] || format=-R
-		pdate=$(date -ud "1970-01-01 UTC + $secs sec" "$format")
+		LANG=C date -ud "1970-01-01 UTC + $secs sec" "$format"
 	else
-		[ "$format" ] || format=--
-		pdate=$(date -u -r $secs "$format")
+		LANG=C date -u -r $secs "$format"
 	fi
-	echo "${pdate/+0000/$tz}"
 }
 
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