diff --git a/Lib/http/cookies.py b/Lib/http/cookies.py
index 93da627..2aeb8d3 100644
--- a/Lib/http/cookies.py
+++ b/Lib/http/cookies.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
     from time import gmtime, time
     now = time()
     year, month, day, hh, mm, ss, wd, y, z = gmtime(now + future)
-    return "%s, %02d-%3s-%4d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT" % \
+    return "%s, %02d %3s %4d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT" % \
            (weekdayname[wd], day, monthname[month], year, hh, mm, ss)
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py b/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
index f9a98c4..1f1ca58 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
 
         # loading 'expires'
         C = cookies.SimpleCookie()
-        C.load('Customer="W"; expires=Wed, 01-Jan-2010 00:00:00 GMT')
+        C.load('Customer="W"; expires=Wed, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT')
         self.assertEqual(C['Customer']['expires'],
-                         'Wed, 01-Jan-2010 00:00:00 GMT')
+                         'Wed, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT')
         C = cookies.SimpleCookie()
-        C.load('Customer="W"; expires=Wed, 01-Jan-98 00:00:00 GMT')
+        C.load('Customer="W"; expires=Wed, 01 Jan 98 00:00:00 GMT')
         self.assertEqual(C['Customer']['expires'],
-                         'Wed, 01-Jan-98 00:00:00 GMT')
+                         'Wed, 01 Jan 98 00:00:00 GMT')
 
         # 'max-age'
         C = cookies.SimpleCookie('Customer="WILE_E_COYOTE"')