diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 287b9ab9554..ab64b7698c1 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-24  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
+	(time_get<>::_M_extract_via_format): Deal with case 'C' too,
+	equivalent to 'y'.
+
 2003-10-23  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	* docs/html/documentation.html: Add a pointer to the doxygen style
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
index 4a68771644e..fcc224c5e37 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
@@ -1691,6 +1691,7 @@ namespace std
 					__times[0]);
 		  break;
 		case 'y':
+		case 'C': // C99
 		  // Two digit year. [tm_year]
 		  _M_extract_num(__beg, __end, __tm->tm_year, 0, 99, 2, 
 				 __ctype, __err);