diff --git a/html/ops/build_po.php b/html/ops/build_po.php
index f1b6e2d352..f9253ec603 100755
--- a/html/ops/build_po.php
+++ b/html/ops/build_po.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if (!isset($FILE_LIST)) {
     exit;
 }
 
-$date = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z');
+$date = date(DATE_RFC2822);
 $header = <<<HDR
 # PROJECT translation
 # Copyright (C) PROJECT
diff --git a/html/ops/delete_spammers.php b/html/ops/delete_spammers.php
index b9dd372f50..4bb0d1a3f7 100755
--- a/html/ops/delete_spammers.php
+++ b/html/ops/delete_spammers.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ function delete_team_id_range($id1, $id2) {
     }
 }
 
-echo "Starting: ".strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z')."\n";
+echo "Starting: ".date(DATE_RFC2822)."\n";
 
 // get settings first
 //
@@ -461,6 +461,6 @@ for ($i=1; $i<$argc; $i++) {
         delete_users(true, true, true, false);
     }
 }
-echo "Finished: ".strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z')."\n";
+echo "Finished: ".date(DATE_RFC2822)."\n";
 
 ?>