- pygettext.py: Generate POT-Creation-Date header in ISO format.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9ea0db1..e0d5d01 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
 Tools/Demos
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+- pygettext.py: Generate POT-Creation-Date header in ISO format.
+
 Build
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diff --git a/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py b/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
index f0488bf..bb0dd35 100755
--- a/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
+++ b/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
 
     def write(self, fp):
         options = self.__options
-        timestamp = time.ctime(time.time())
+        timestamp = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M+%Z')
         # The time stamp in the header doesn't have the same format as that
         # generated by xgettext...
         print >> fp, pot_header % {'time': timestamp, 'version': __version__}