5 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
index cce88782e9..bebe67be3f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2019 The Qt Company Ltd.
 ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
 **
 ** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -724,9 +724,17 @@
     \value LocalDate \e{This enum value is deprecated.} Use Qt::SystemLocaleShortDate
     instead (or Qt::SystemLocaleLongDate if you want long dates).
 
-    \value RFC2822Date \l{RFC 2822}, \l{RFC 850} and \l{RFC 1036} format: either
-    \c{[ddd,] dd MMM yyyy hh:mm[:ss] +/-TZ} or \c{ddd MMM dd yyyy hh:mm[:ss] +/-TZ}
-    for combined dates and times.
+    \value RFC2822Date \l{RFC 2822}, \l{RFC 850} and \l{RFC 1036} format:
+    either \c{[ddd,] dd MMM yyyy [hh:mm[:ss]][ ±tzoff]}
+    or \c{ddd MMM dd[ hh:mm:ss] yyyy[ ±tzoff]} are recognized for combined dates
+    and times, where \c{tzoff} is a timezone offset in \c{hhmm} format. For
+    dates and times separately, the same formats are matched and the unwanted
+    parts are ignored. In particular, note that a time is not recognized without
+    an accompanying date. When converting dates to string form,
+    format \c{dd MMM yyyy} is used, for times the format is \c{hh:mm:ss}. For
+    combined date and time, these are combined
+    as \c{dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss ±tzoff} (omitting the optional leading day of the
+    week from the first format recognized).
 
     \note For \c ISODate formats, each \c Y, \c M and \c D represents a single digit
     of the year, month and day used to specify the date. Each \c H, \c M and \c S
diff --git a/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp b/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp
index 878a2c1e46..e6213c44c0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static ParsedRfcDateTime rfcDateImpl(const QString &s)
 {
     ParsedRfcDateTime result;
 
-    // Matches "Wdy, dd Mon yyyy HH:mm:ss ±hhmm" (Wdy, being optional)
+    // Matches "[ddd,] dd MMM yyyy[ hh:mm[:ss]] [±hhmm]" - correct RFC 822, 2822, 5322 format
     QRegExp rex(QStringLiteral("^(?:[A-Z][a-z]+,)?[ \\t]*(\\d{1,2})[ \\t]+([A-Z][a-z]+)[ \\t]+(\\d\\d\\d\\d)(?:[ \\t]+(\\d\\d):(\\d\\d)(?::(\\d\\d))?)?[ \\t]*(?:([+-])(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d))?"));
     if (s.indexOf(rex) == 0) {
         const QStringList cap = rex.capturedTexts();
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static ParsedRfcDateTime rfcDateImpl(const QString &s)
         const int minOffset = cap[9].toInt();
         result.utcOffset = ((hourOffset * 60 + minOffset) * (positiveOffset ? 60 : -60));
     } else {
-        // Matches "Wdy Mon dd HH:mm:ss yyyy"
+        // Matches "ddd MMM dd[ hh:mm:ss] yyyy [±hhmm]" - permissive RFC 850, 1036 (read only)
         QRegExp rex(QStringLiteral("^[A-Z][a-z]+[ \\t]+([A-Z][a-z]+)[ \\t]+(\\d\\d)(?:[ \\t]+(\\d\\d):(\\d\\d):(\\d\\d))?[ \\t]+(\\d\\d\\d\\d)[ \\t]*(?:([+-])(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d))?"));
         if (s.indexOf(rex) == 0) {
             const QStringList cap = rex.capturedTexts();
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdate/tst_qdate.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdate/tst_qdate.cpp
index 73384c35f4..0f2f55ef2e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdate/tst_qdate.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdate/tst_qdate.cpp
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ void tst_QDate::fromStringDateFormat_data()
     QTest::newRow("RFC 2822 invalid character 2 at front") << QString::fromLatin1("!!01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000")
         << Qt::RFC2822Date << QDate();
 
-    // Test Qt::RFC2822Date format (RFC 850 and 1036).
+    // Test Qt::RFC2822Date format (RFC 850 and 1036, permissive).
     QTest::newRow("RFC 850 and 1036") << QString::fromLatin1("Fri Feb 13 13:24:51 1987 +0100")
         << Qt::RFC2822Date << QDate(1987, 2, 13);
     // No timezone
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
index 216ae1f79e..a5482657aa 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ void tst_QDateTime::fromStringDateFormat_data()
     QTest::newRow("RFC 2822 invalid character 2 at front") << QString::fromLatin1("!!01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000")
         << Qt::RFC2822Date << invalidDateTime();
 
-    // Test Qt::RFC2822Date format (RFC 850 and 1036).
+    // Test Qt::RFC2822Date format (RFC 850 and 1036, permissive).
     QTest::newRow("RFC 850 and 1036 +0100") << QString::fromLatin1("Fri Feb 13 13:24:51 1987 +0100")
         << Qt::RFC2822Date << QDateTime(QDate(1987, 2, 13), QTime(12, 24, 51), Qt::UTC);
     QTest::newRow("RFC 850 and 1036 -0100") << QString::fromLatin1("Fri Feb 13 13:24:51 1987 -0100")
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qtime/tst_qtime.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qtime/tst_qtime.cpp
index 3403c5bf7f..b2bb5dbb24 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qtime/tst_qtime.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qtime/tst_qtime.cpp
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void tst_QTime::fromStringDateFormat_data()
     QTest::newRow("RFC 2822 invalid character 2 at front") << QString::fromLatin1("!!01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000")
         << Qt::RFC2822Date << invalidTime();
 
-    // Test Qt::RFC2822Date format (RFC 850 and 1036).
+    // Test Qt::RFC2822Date format (RFC 850 and 1036, permissive).
     QTest::newRow("RFC 850 and 1036") << QString::fromLatin1("Fri Feb 13 13:24:51 1987 +0100")
         << Qt::RFC2822Date << QTime(13, 24, 51);
     // No timezone