apt-ftparchive gives invalid Valid-Until date in output Release file

[Nikola Yanev]

Binary package hint: apt

The latest version of apt-utils 0.7.26~exp12ubuntu3 gives invalid Valid-Until date in the output file (check the attachment) "Valid-Until: pќСї" instead of normal date, and apt-get returns the error "invalid Valid-Until date" in my repo release file

Ubuntu 10.10 Macerick Meerkat daily update
Package: apt-utils
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 604
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Source: apt
Version: 0.7.26~exp12ubuntu3
Provides: libapt-inst1.2
Depends: libapt-pkg4.10, libc6 (>= 2.4), libdb4.8, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0)
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_0.7.26~exp12ubuntu3_i386.deb
Size: 276262
MD5sum: 6bd4343f156d3607840f0661f548399d
SHA1: 55936a5ca2fc2fdb9a74517b34eedd814c9bb013
SHA256: 4d2903b6353382935072f8b5e42d6169d2e77ed1f5361b394c4ead5eb037e275
Description: APT utility programs
 This package contains some APT utility programs such as apt-ftparchive,
 apt-sortpkgs and apt-extracttemplates.
 .
 apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
 questions before installation. apt-ftparchive is used to create Package
 and other index files. apt-sortpkgs is a Package/Source file normalizer.
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 18m
Task: minimal

[Adam Collard (adam-collard)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.