diff --git a/flaskr/generate_rss.py b/flaskr/generate_rss.py
index 0338021..b06327b 100644
--- a/flaskr/generate_rss.py
+++ b/flaskr/generate_rss.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def generate_feed(db):
         item_children = {
             "description": post_find_first_plain_line(post[4]),
             "guid": f"https://blog.allsparkinfinite.name/{post[0]}/",
-            "pubDate": datetime.strptime(post[2], "%Y-%m-%d %T").strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT"),
+            "pubDate": post[2].strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT"),
             "title": post[3],
             "content:encoded": markdown(post[4]),
         }