diff --git a/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl b/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
index cf95657..5aefc25 100755
--- a/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
+++ b/VIRTUAL_VACATION/vacation.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use warnings;
 use autodie;
 use Getopt::Std;
 use DBI;
+use POSIX qw(strftime);
 
 my $db_type = 'MariaDB';
 my $db_host = '';
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ print STDOUT "register|ready\n";
 while (my $line = <>) {
 	next if ($line =~ m/^config/);
 	chomp $line;
-	print $fh (scalar localtime() . " $line\n") if ($opt_v);
+	print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: $line\n") if ($opt_v);
 	if ($line =~ m/^report/) {
-		print $fh (scalar localtime() . " $line\n") if ($opt_d);
+		print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: $line\n") if ($opt_d);
 		my ($stream, $version, $timestamp, $subsystem, $event, $sid, $token, $code, $address) = split /\|/, $line;
 		if ($event eq "tx-mail" && $code eq "ok") {
 			$ooo{$sid} = 1;
 			$from = $address;
-			print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: created session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
+			print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: created session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
 			if ($from =~ m/^(postmaster|hostmaster|noreply|no-reply|bounce.*)@/i) { $ooo{$sid} = 0; }
 		} elsif ($event eq "tx-mail" && $code ne "ok") {
 			$ooo{$sid} = 0;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ while (my $line = <>) {
 			$email = $address;
 		} elsif ($event eq "tx-rcpt" && $code ne "ok") {
 			delete $ooo{$sid};
-			print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: removed session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
+			print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: removed session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
 		}
 	}
 	if ($line =~ m/^filter/) {
@@ -83,18 +84,18 @@ while (my $line = <>) {
 			print STDOUT "filter-dataline|$sid|$token|$data\n";
 		}
 		if ($line =~ m/data-line/ && $data eq '.' && $ooo{$sid} == 1) {
-			print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: To: $email, From: $from\n") if ($opt_d);
+			print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: To: $email, From: $from\n") if ($opt_d);
 			my $query = qq{SELECT subject,body FROM vacation WHERE email='$email' and active=1};
 			my $sth = do_query($query);
 			my $rv = $sth->rows;
 			if ($rv == 1) {
-				print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: Found OOO for $email\n") if ($opt_d);
+				print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: Found OOO for $email\n") if ($opt_d);
 				my @vacation_msg = $sth->fetchrow_array;
 				$query = qq{SELECT cache FROM vacation WHERE email='$email' AND FIND_IN_SET('$from',cache)};
 				$sth = do_query($query);
 				$rv = $sth->rows;
 				if ($rv == 0) {
-					print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: Sending OOO to $from\n") if ($opt_d);
+					print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: Sending OOO to $from\n") if ($opt_d);
 					$query = qq{UPDATE vacation SET cache=CONCAT(cache,',','$from') WHERE email='$email'};
 					$sth = do_query($query);
 					open my $fh_email, "|-", "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t";
@@ -107,11 +108,11 @@ while (my $line = <>) {
 					close $fh_email;
 				}
 			delete $ooo{$sid};
-			print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: removed session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
+			print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: removed session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
 			}
 		} elsif ($line =~ m/data-line/ && $data eq '.' && $ooo{$sid} == 0) {
 			delete $ooo{$sid};
-			print $fh (scalar localtime() . " Virtual Vacation: removed session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
+			print $fh (POSIX::strftime("%h %d %H:%M:%S ", localtime) . "Virtual Vacation: removed session $sid\n") if ($opt_d);
 		}
 	}
 }