@@ 189,9 189,11 @@ Content-Type: text/plain
     def compose(self, title, post):
         """Compose the mail using the tempate"""
         try: # to get the update/publish time from the post
-            updated = post.updated
-        except: # the property is not set, use now()
+            updated = dateutil.parser.parse(post.updated)
+        except ValueError:
             updated = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+        updated = updated.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')
         desc = ''
         if not self.links:
             if self.strip: