[website-dev] Issue Tracker timestamp format

After spending a lot of time searching the OO issues database, I still 
stumble a bit comparing timestamps because of the idiosyncratic format: 
So, on list [email protected], I asked if anyone knew the 
motivation behind the format of the timestamp used by OO's Issue Tracker:

   "DoW MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy" - where

   DoW  = Day-of-Week (3 characters)
   MMM  = Month (3 characters)
   dd   = Day-of-Month (2 digits)
   HH:mm:ss = Hours (24-hour, 2 digits) : minutes (2 digits) : seconds 
(2 digits))
   yyyy = Year (4 digits)

On the list [email protected] I asked if anyone could explain the 
functional motivation for that format, and no one (so far) seems to 
know.  However, Bernhard Dippold suggested to ask here.  Does anyone 
know why that format is used?

John Kaufmann