diff --git a/library/date.pl b/library/date.pl
index accaa2c64a..6d26f720c6 100644
--- a/library/date.pl
+++ b/library/date.pl
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 %   representation Format. Currently supported formats are:
 %
 %       * rfc_1123
-%       Used for the HTTP protocol to represent time-stamps, e.g.
+%       Preferred for the HTTP protocol to represent time-stamps, e.g.
 %
 %           Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:29:44 GMT
 %
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
 %       If the time zone is omitted, the time is interpreted as
 %       _local time_.
 %
+%       * rfc_1036
+%       (Outdated) alternative for HTTP Protocol, e.g.
+%
+%           Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT
+%
 %       * iso_8601
 %       Commonly used in XML documents. Actually the XML RFC3339
 %       is a _profile_ of ISO8601.  For example
@@ -101,6 +106,14 @@
 %	To compute the start of a day in local time, use
 %	e.g. ``2006-12-08T00``.
 %
+%       * asctime
+%       ANSI C's asctime() format, e.g.
+%
+%           Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994
+%
+%       This format has no time zone and is interpreted as local
+%       time.
+%
 %   @arg Text is an atom, string or list of character _codes_.
 %   @see  xsd_time_string/3  from  library(sgml)    implements   RFC3339
 %   strictly.
@@ -139,8 +152,21 @@
     day_of_the_month(D), ws,
     month_name(Mon), ws,
     year(Y), ws,
-    hour(H), ":", minute(M), ":", second(S), ws,
+    iso_time3(H, M, S), ws,
+    timezone(UTCOffset).
+date(rfc_1036, Y, Mon, D, H, M, S, UTCOffset) -->
+    full_day_name(_), ", ", ws, % RFC 1036: "Friday, 08-Dec-2006 15:29:44 GMT"
+    day_of_the_month(D), "-",
+    month_name(Mon), "-",
+    year2d(Y), ws,
+    iso_time3(H, M, S), ws,
     timezone(UTCOffset).
+date(asctime, Y, Mon, D, H, M, S, _UTCOffset) -->
+    day_name(_), " ",
+    month_name(Mon), " ",
+    asctime_day_of_the_month(D), " ",
+    iso_time3(H, M, S), " ",
+    year(Y).
 
 %!  iso_8601_rest(+Year:int, -Mon, -Day, -H, -M, -S, -UTCOffset)
 %
@@ -176,7 +202,7 @@
 
 % TIMEX2 ISO: "2006-12-08T15:29:44 UTC" or "20061208T"
 iso_time(H, M, S) -->
-    hour(H), ":", minute(M), ":", second(S).
+    iso_time3(H, M, S).
 iso_time(H, M, _) -->
     hour(H), ":", minute(M).
 iso_time(H, M, S) -->
@@ -186,6 +212,9 @@
 iso_time(H, _, _) -->
     hour(H).
 
+iso_time3(H, M, S) -->
+    hour(H), ":", minute(M), ":", second(S).
+
 % FIXME: deal with leap seconds
 timezone(UTCOffset) -->
     "+", hour(H), ":", minute(M), { UTCOffset is -(H*3600+M*60) }.
@@ -217,6 +246,15 @@
 day_name(6) --> "Sat".
 day_name(7) --> "Sun".
 
+full_day_name(0) --> "Sunday".
+full_day_name(1) --> "Monday".
+full_day_name(2) --> "Tuesday".
+full_day_name(3) --> "Wednesday".
+full_day_name(4) --> "Thursday".
+full_day_name(5) --> "Friday".
+full_day_name(6) --> "Saturday".
+full_day_name(7) --> "Sunday".
+
 month_name(1) --> "Jan".
 month_name(2) --> "Feb".
 month_name(3) --> "Mar".
@@ -230,6 +268,11 @@
 month_name(11) --> "Nov".
 month_name(12) --> "Dec".
 
+asctime_day_of_the_month(D) -->
+    " ", !, digit(D), {D > 0}.
+asctime_day_of_the_month(D) -->
+    day_of_the_month(D).
+
 day_of_the_month(N) --> int2digit(N), { between(1, 31, N) }.
 day_of_the_week(N)  --> digit(N),     { between(1,  7, N) }.
 month(M)            --> int2digit(M), { between(1, 12, M) }.
@@ -264,6 +307,16 @@
     digit(D3),
     { Y is D0*1000+D1*100+D2*10+D3 }.
 
+year2d(Y) -->
+    digit(D0),
+    digit(D1),
+    { Y0 is D0*10+D1,
+      (   Y0 >= 70, Y0 =< 99
+      ->  Y is Y0+1900
+      ;   Y is Y0+2000
+      )
+    }.
+
 ordinal(N) --> % Nth day of the year, jan 1 = 1, dec 31 = 365 or 366
     digit(D0),
     digit(D1),