diff -ur v1/venus/planet/shell/tmpl.py venus/planet/shell/tmpl.py
--- v1/venus/planet/shell/tmpl.py	2007-06-25 17:03:38.000000000 +0300
+++ venus/planet/shell/tmpl.py	2007-09-07 12:23:56.000000000 +0300
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     ['date_822', Rfc822, 'updated_parsed'],
     ['date_iso', Rfc3399, 'published_parsed'],
     ['date_iso', Rfc3399, 'updated_parsed'],
+    ['date_local', PlanetDate, 'updated_parsed'],
     ['enclosure_href', String, 'links', {'rel': 'enclosure'}, 'href'],
     ['enclosure_length', String, 'links', {'rel': 'enclosure'}, 'length'],
     ['enclosure_type', String, 'links', {'rel': 'enclosure'}, 'type'],
@@ -223,6 +224,9 @@
     output['date_iso'] = Rfc3399(date)
     output['date_822'] = Rfc822(date)
 
+    date2 = time.localtime()
+    output['date_local'] = PlanetDate(date2)
+
     # remove new_dates and new_channels that aren't "new"
     date = channel = None
     for item in output['Items']: