Comment 0 for bug 158998

In the Packaging guide on the "Packaging From Scratch" page it is recommended to use the "822-date" command to generate a date in the proper RFC822 format.

Under the heading Changlog the following line exists:

     The format (especially of the date) is important. The date should be in RFC822 format, which can be obtained from the 822-date program.

However, when running this command it states that it is deprecated:

     822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please use 'date -R' instead.
     Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:26:57 -0600