return;
#ifdef __GLIBC__
- // glibc also uses dots for French locale separator for some reason (the
- // standard format uses slashes)
+ // Versions of glibc up to 2.7 wrongly used periods for French locale
+ // separator.
+#if __GLIBC__ > 2 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 8
+ static const char *FRENCH_DATE_FMT = "%d/%m/%Y";
+#else
static const char *FRENCH_DATE_FMT = "%d.%m.%Y";
+#endif
static const char *FRENCH_LONG_DATE_FMT = "%a %d %b %Y";
static const char *FRENCH_DATE_TIME_FMT = "%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z";
#else