A time string according to RFC 2822 must be formatted in English. Otherwise the interoperability with other systems can not be guaranteed. The drupal format_date function returns the time string in a customized language.

File "includes/common.inc", function "format_date":

    else if ($c == 'r') {
      $date .= format_date($timestamp - $timezone, 'custom', 'D, d M Y H:i:s O', $timezone, $langcode);
    }

My suggestion is to replace $langcode by 'en_US'. This should resolve the problem. Unfortunately I have no working drupal 6 installation to test this.

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Robin Millette’s picture

Robin Millette commented
Version: 6.12 » 6.x-dev

Makes sense to me. Doesn't affect Drupal 7 or 8 as they don't have a special case for 'r'.

Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

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