diff --git a/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.c b/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.c
index 5800fe83a0f7..aa3847368d22 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.c
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ _fmt(format, t, pt, ptlim)
 	char *pt;
 	const char *const ptlim;
 {
-	int alternative;
+	int Ealternative, Oalternative;
+
 	for ( ; *format; ++format) {
 		if (*format == '%') {
-			alternative = 0;
+			Ealternative = 0;
+			Oalternative = 0;
 label:
 			switch (*++format) {
 			case '\0':
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ _fmt(format, t, pt, ptlim)
 				continue;
 			case 'B':
 				pt = _add((t->tm_mon < 0 || t->tm_mon > 11) ? 
-					"?" : (alternative ? Locale->alt_month :
+					"?" : (Oalternative ? Locale->alt_month :
 					Locale->month)[t->tm_mon],
 					pt, ptlim);
 				continue;
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ _fmt(format, t, pt, ptlim)
 				pt = _conv(t->tm_mday, "%02d", pt, ptlim);
 				continue;
 			case 'E':
+				Ealternative++;
+				goto label;
 			case 'O':
 				/*
 				** POSIX locale extensions, a la
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@ _fmt(format, t, pt, ptlim)
 				** representations.
 				** (ado, 5/24/93)
 				*/
-				alternative = 1;
+				Oalternative++;
 				goto label;
 			case 'e':
 				pt = _conv(t->tm_mday, "%2d", pt, ptlim);
@@ -357,7 +361,7 @@ _fmt(format, t, pt, ptlim)
 				pt = _fmt(Locale->X_fmt, t, pt, ptlim);
 				continue;
 			case 'x':
-				pt = _fmt(Locale->x_fmt, t, pt, ptlim);
+				pt = _fmt(Ealternative ? Locale->Ex_fmt : Locale->x_fmt, t, pt, ptlim);
 				continue;
 			case 'y':
 				pt = _conv((t->tm_year + TM_YEAR_BASE) % 100,
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.c b/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.c
index f58488a3bf9b..369feb7ccd97 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ int _time_using_locale;
 #define	LCTIME_SIZE_FULL (sizeof(struct lc_time_T) / sizeof(char *))
 #define	LCTIME_SIZE_1 \
 	(offsetof(struct lc_time_T, alt_month[0]) / sizeof(char *))
+#define LCTIME_SIZE_2 \
+	(offsetof(struct lc_time_T, Ex_fmt) / sizeof(char *))
 
 const struct lc_time_T	_C_time_locale = {
 	{
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ const struct lc_time_T	_C_time_locale = {
 	**	"%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y"
 	** is used by Solaris 2.3.
 	*/
-	"%a %b %e %X %Y",
+	"%a %Ex %X %Y",
 
 	/* am */
 	"AM",
@@ -89,12 +91,17 @@ const struct lc_time_T	_C_time_locale = {
 	"PM",
 
 	/* date_fmt */
-	"%a %b %e %X %Z %Y",
+	"%a %Ex %X %Z %Y",
 	
 	{
 		"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
 		"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
-	}
+	},
+
+	/* Ex_fmt
+	** To determine months / day order
+	*/
+	"%b %e"
 };
 
 
@@ -173,6 +180,8 @@ __time_load_locale(const char *name)
 	num_lines = split_lines(p, plim);
 	if (num_lines >= LCTIME_SIZE_FULL)
 		num_lines = LCTIME_SIZE_FULL;
+	else if (num_lines >= LCTIME_SIZE_2)
+		num_lines = LCTIME_SIZE_2;
 	else if (num_lines >= LCTIME_SIZE_1)
 		num_lines = LCTIME_SIZE_1;
 	else
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.h b/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.h
index 9a19175deed7..23673ca80b19 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.h
+++ b/lib/libc/stdtime/timelocal.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct lc_time_T {
 	const char *	pm;
 	const char *	date_fmt;
 	const char *	alt_month[12];
+	const char *    Ex_fmt;
 };
 
 extern	struct lc_time_T _time_localebuf;