--- ../../pgnus-sent/lisp/gnus-art.el	Fri Sep 10 10:53:06 1999
+++ gnus-art.el	Fri Sep 10 16:12:41 1999
@@ -1870,9 +1870,10 @@
      ;; functions since they aren't particularly resistant to
      ;; buggy dates.
      ((eq type 'local)
-      (let ((tz (car (current-time-zone))))
+      (let ((tz (car (current-time-zone time))))
 	(format "Date: %s %s%02d%02d" (current-time-string time)
-		(if (> tz 0) "+" "-") (/ tz 3600) (/ (% tz 3600) 60))))
+		(if (> tz 0) "+" "-") (/ (abs tz) 3600) 
+		(/ (% (abs tz) 3600) 60))))
      ;; Convert to Universal Time.
      ((eq type 'ut)
       (concat "Date: "
@@ -1880,7 +1881,7 @@
 	       (let* ((e (parse-time-string date))
 		     (tm (apply 'encode-time e))
 		     (ms (car tm))
-		     (ls (- (cadr tm) (car (current-time-zone)))))
+		     (ls (- (cadr tm) (car (current-time-zone time)))))
 		 (cond ((< ls 0) (list (1- ms) (+ ls 65536)))
 		       ((> ls 65535) (list (1+ ms) (- ls 65536)))
 		       (t (list ms ls)))))