date v gnu date, attempt 1

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rssg b/rssg
index 2b526b95..641068f6 100755
--- a/rssg
+++ b/rssg
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ rel_to_abs_urls() {
 
 
 date_rfc_822() {
-        date -j '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z' \
-        "$(echo "$1"| tr -cd '[:digit:]')0000"
+        DATETEST=$(date -j | grep "invalid option")
+        if test -n "$DATETEST"; then
+            date '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z' \
+                 "$(echo "$1"| tr -cd '[:digit:]')0000"
+        else
+            date -j '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z' \
+                 "$(echo "$1"| tr -cd '[:digit:]')0000"
+        fi
 }