1 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/Time.cpp b/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/Time.cpp
index d8d0a58d2e..5eb65357f6 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/Time.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/Time.cpp
@@ -79,25 +79,28 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Duration& d) {
     return o << int64_t(d) << "ns";   
 }
 
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const AbsTime& t) {
-    static const char * month_abbrevs[] = {
-        "jan", "feb", "mar", "apr", "may", "jun", "jul", "aug", "sep", "oct", "nov", "dec"
-    };
-    struct tm * timeinfo;
-    time_t rawtime(t.timepoint/TIME_SEC);
-    timeinfo = localtime (&rawtime);
+namespace {
+inline std::ostream& outputFormattedTime(std::ostream& o, const ::time_t* time) {
+    ::tm timeinfo;
     char time_string[100];
-    sprintf ( time_string,
-              "%d-%s-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d",
-              1900 + timeinfo->tm_year,
-              month_abbrevs[timeinfo->tm_mon],
-              timeinfo->tm_mday,
-              timeinfo->tm_hour,
-              timeinfo->tm_min,
-              timeinfo->tm_sec
-    );
+    ::strftime(time_string, 100,
+               "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+               localtime_r(time, &timeinfo));
     return o << time_string;
 }
+}
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const AbsTime& t) {
+    ::time_t rawtime(t.timepoint/TIME_SEC);
+    return outputFormattedTime(&rawtime);
+}
+
+void outputFormattedNow(std::ostream& o) {
+    ::time_t rawtime;
+    ::time(&rawtime);
+    outputFormattedTime(o, &rawtime);
+    o << " ";
+}
 
 void sleep(int secs) {
     ::sleep(secs);