Index: Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
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--- Lib/test/test_urllib2.py	(revision 63467)
+++ Lib/test/test_urllib2.py	(working copy)
@@ -584,7 +584,8 @@
             self.assertEqual(int(headers["Content-length"]), len(data))
 
     def test_file(self):
-        import rfc822, socket
+        import email.utils
+        import socket
         h = urllib2.FileHandler()
         o = h.parent = MockOpener()
 
@@ -619,7 +620,7 @@
                 finally:
                     r.close()
                 stats = os.stat(TESTFN)
-                modified = rfc822.formatdate(stats.st_mtime)
+                modified = email.utils.formatdate(stats.st_mtime, usegmt=True)
             finally:
                 os.remove(TESTFN)
             self.assertEqual(data, towrite)