-std::string InspIRCd::TimeString(time_t curtime)
-{
- return std::string(ctime(&curtime),24);
+ struct tm* timeinfo = utc ? gmtime(&curtime) : localtime(&curtime);
+ if (!timeinfo)
+ {
+ curtime = 0;
+ timeinfo = localtime(&curtime);
+ }
+
+ // If the calculated year exceeds four digits or is less than the year 1000,
+ // the behavior of asctime() is undefined
+ if (timeinfo->tm_year + 1900 > 9999)
+ timeinfo->tm_year = 9999 - 1900;
+ else if (timeinfo->tm_year + 1900 < 1000)
+ timeinfo->tm_year = 0;
+
+ // This is the default format used by asctime without the terminating new line.
+ if (!format)
+ format = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y";
+
+ char buffer[512];
+ if (!strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, timeinfo))
+ buffer[0] = '\0';
+
+ return buffer;