diff -burN bbdate-0.2.1-orig/LinkedList.hh bbdate-0.2.1/LinkedList.hh
--- bbdate-0.2.1-orig/LinkedList.hh	Mon May  3 16:24:53 1999
+++ bbdate-0.2.1/LinkedList.hh	Mon Jan 21 13:13:18 2002
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   int elements;
   __llist_node *_first, *_last;
 
-  friend __llist_iterator;
+  friend class __llist_iterator;
 
 
 protected:
diff -burN bbdate-0.2.1-orig/bbdate.cc bbdate-0.2.1/bbdate.cc
--- bbdate-0.2.1-orig/bbdate.cc	Mon May  3 16:24:53 1999
+++ bbdate-0.2.1/bbdate.cc	Mon Jan 21 13:15:38 2002
@@ -70,9 +70,15 @@
   unsigned long create_mask = CWBackPixmap|
 															CWOverrideRedirect |CWCursor|CWEventMask; 
 
-	frame.width=XTextWidth(resource->label.font," mm/dd/yy ",
+	if (resource->report.strftimeFormat)
+		frame.width=XTextWidth(resource->label.font, resource->report.strftimeFormat,
+							strlen(resource->report.strftimeFormat)) +
+            				 		 resource->frame.bevelWidth*4;
+	else
+		frame.width=XTextWidth(resource->label.font, " mm/dd/yy ",
                          strlen(" mm/dd/yy ")) +
             				 		 resource->frame.bevelWidth*4;
+
 	label.width=frame.width-2*resource->frame.bevelWidth;
 	frame.height=resource->label.font->ascent+
           resource->label.font->descent+4*resource->frame.bevelWidth;
@@ -200,12 +206,23 @@
   
 void ToolWindow::Redraw()
 {
-    char date[12];
+    time_t tmp;
+    struct tm *tt;
+
+    char date[1024];
 
+    if ((tmp = time(NULL)) != -1) 
+	{
+		tt = localtime(&tmp);
+		if (! ((resource->report.strftimeFormat) &&
+			  (strftime(date, 1024, resource->report.strftimeFormat, tt))))
+		{
     if (resource->report.euStyle)
       sprintf(date, " %02d/%02d/%02d ", day, month, year);
     else
       sprintf(date, " %02d/%02d/%02d ", month, day, year);
+		}
+	}
 
     XClearWindow(dpy, labelwin);
     XDrawString(dpy, labelwin, frameGC, resource->frame.bevelWidth,
diff -burN bbdate-0.2.1-orig/resource.cc bbdate-0.2.1/resource.cc
--- bbdate-0.2.1-orig/resource.cc	Sat May  8 06:55:26 1999
+++ bbdate-0.2.1/resource.cc	Mon Jan 21 13:13:18 2002
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "resource.hh"
 #include "blackboxstyle.hh"
 
+
 Resource::Resource(ToolWindow *toolwindow): 
   BaseResource(toolwindow)
 {
@@ -307,5 +308,16 @@
 	else
 		report.euStyle = False;
  
+  	if (XrmGetResource(resource_db, "bbdate.strftimeFormat",
+		     "Bbdate.strftimeFormat", &value_type, &value))
+	{
+		report.euStyle = False;
+		report.strftimeFormat = (char *) malloc((value.size + 1) * sizeof(char));
+		memset(report.strftimeFormat, '\0', value.size + 1);
+		strncpy(report.strftimeFormat, value.addr, value.size);
+	}
+	else
+		report.strftimeFormat = NULL;
+
 	/* what to show.resources */
 }
diff -burN bbdate-0.2.1-orig/resource.hh bbdate-0.2.1/resource.hh
--- bbdate-0.2.1-orig/resource.hh	Mon May  3 16:24:53 1999
+++ bbdate-0.2.1/resource.hh	Mon Jan 21 13:13:18 2002
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
   bool auto_raise;
   unsigned int check_delay;
   bool euStyle;
+  char *strftimeFormat;
 };