1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/django/core/servers/basehttp.py b/django/core/servers/basehttp.py
index 411068b2f5..380e571b00 100644
--- a/django/core/servers/basehttp.py
+++ b/django/core/servers/basehttp.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ been reviewed for security issues. Don't use it for production use.
 
 from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from types import ListType, StringType
-from email.Utils import formatdate
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import time
 import urllib
 
+from django.utils.http import http_date
+
 __version__ = "0.1"
 __all__ = ['WSGIServer','WSGIRequestHandler','demo_app']
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class ServerHandler(object):
                 self._write('HTTP/%s %s\r\n' % (self.http_version,self.status))
                 if 'Date' not in self.headers:
                     self._write(
-                        'Date: %s\r\n' % (formatdate()[:26] + "GMT")
+                        'Date: %s\r\n' % http_date()
                     )
                 if self.server_software and 'Server' not in self.headers:
                     self._write('Server: %s\r\n' % self.server_software)