diff --git a/commands/hwclock.c b/commands/hwclock.c
index a1f5293..49569a9 100644
--- a/commands/hwclock.c
+++ b/commands/hwclock.c
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@
 		snprintf(t, 12, "%lu", time);
 		setenv(env_name, t);
 	} else {
-		printf("%02d:%02d:%02d %02d-%02d-%04d\n",
-			tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec,
-			tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_year + 1900);
+		printf("%s\n", time_str(&tm));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/common/date.c b/common/date.c
index 6b6b7ab..129192e 100644
--- a/common/date.c
+++ b/common/date.c
@@ -148,3 +148,21 @@
 	  )*60 + min /* now have minutes */
 	)*60 + sec; /* finally seconds */
 }
+
+const char *time_str(struct rtc_time *tm)
+{
+	const char *weekdays[] = { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" };
+	const char *months[] = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug",
+				 "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" };
+	static char buf[128];
+
+	sprintf(buf, "%s %02d %s %4d %02d:%02d:%02d",
+			weekdays[tm->tm_wday],
+			tm->tm_mday,
+			months[tm->tm_mon],
+			tm->tm_year + 1900,
+			tm->tm_hour,
+			tm->tm_min,
+			tm->tm_sec);
+	return buf;
+}
diff --git a/include/rtc.h b/include/rtc.h
index e2414fb..600dc46 100644
--- a/include/rtc.h
+++ b/include/rtc.h
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@
 
 extern struct rtc_device *rtc_lookup(const char *name);
 
+const char *time_str(struct rtc_time *tm);
+
 #endif	/* _RTC_H_ */