diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c
index abccc268dc..aff829feeb 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c
@@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ dttofmtasc_replace(timestamp * ts, date dDate, int dow, struct tm *tm,
 					/* XXX should be locale aware */
 				case 'b':
 				case 'h':
-					replace_val.str_val = months[tm->tm_mon];
+					replace_val.str_val = months[tm->tm_mon - 1];
 					replace_type = PGTYPES_TYPE_STRING_CONSTANT;
 					break;
 					/* the full name of the month */
 					/* XXX should be locale aware */
 				case 'B':
-					replace_val.str_val = pgtypes_date_months[tm->tm_mon];
+					replace_val.str_val = pgtypes_date_months[tm->tm_mon - 1];
 					replace_type = PGTYPES_TYPE_STRING_CONSTANT;
 					break;
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.c
index 1509a56fd8..ee867b6dd8 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.c
@@ -436,17 +436,33 @@ if (sqlca.sqlcode < 0) sqlprint ( );}
 	printf("timestamp_defmt_asc(%s, %s) = %s, error: %d\n", in, fmt, text, i);
 	PGTYPESchar_free(text);
 
+	out = (char*) malloc(64);
+	fmt = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y";
+	in =  "Mon Dec 30 17:28:44 2019";
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_defmt_asc(in, fmt, &ts1);
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc(&ts1, out, 63, fmt);
+	printf("timestamp_defmt_asc(%s, %s) = %s, error: %d\n", in, fmt, out, i);
+	free(out);
+
+	out = (char*) malloc(64);
+	fmt = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y";
+	in =  "Mon December 30 17:28:44 2019";
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_defmt_asc(in, fmt, &ts1);
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc(&ts1, out, 63, fmt);
+	printf("timestamp_defmt_asc(%s, %s) = %s, error: %d\n", in, fmt, out, i);
+	free(out);
+
 	{ ECPGtrans(__LINE__, NULL, "rollback");
-#line 365 "dt_test.pgc"
+#line 381 "dt_test.pgc"
 
 if (sqlca.sqlcode < 0) sqlprint ( );}
-#line 365 "dt_test.pgc"
+#line 381 "dt_test.pgc"
 
         { ECPGdisconnect(__LINE__, "CURRENT");
-#line 366 "dt_test.pgc"
+#line 382 "dt_test.pgc"
 
 if (sqlca.sqlcode < 0) sqlprint ( );}
-#line 366 "dt_test.pgc"
+#line 382 "dt_test.pgc"
 
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stderr b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stderr
index b6dc22688b..6e9ed3d3db 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stderr
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stderr
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 [NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
 [NO_PID]: ecpg_get_data on line 38: RESULT: 2000-07-12 17:34:29 offset: -1; array: no
 [NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
-[NO_PID]: ECPGtrans on line 365: action "rollback"; connection "ecpg1_regression"
+[NO_PID]: ECPGtrans on line 381: action "rollback"; connection "ecpg1_regression"
 [NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
 [NO_PID]: ecpg_finish: connection ecpg1_regression closed
 [NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stdout b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stdout
index 823b6e0062..4b582fd7a2 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stdout
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/pgtypeslib-dt_test.stdout
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ timestamp_defmt_asc(  1976, July 14. Time: 9:15am, %Y,   %B %d. Time: %I:%M %p)
 timestamp_defmt_asc(  1976, July 14. Time: 9:15 am, %Y,   %B %d. Time: %I:%M%p) = 1976-07-14 09:15:00, error: 0
 timestamp_defmt_asc(  1976, P.M. July 14. Time: 9:15, %Y, %P  %B %d. Time: %I:%M) = 1976-07-14 21:15:00, error: 0
 timestamp_defmt_asc(1234567890, %s) = 2009-02-13 23:31:30, error: 0
+timestamp_defmt_asc(Mon Dec 30 17:28:44 2019, %a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y) = Mon Dec 30 17:28:44 2019, error: 0
+timestamp_defmt_asc(Mon December 30 17:28:44 2019, %a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y) = Mon Dec 30 17:28:44 2019, error: 0
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/dt_test.pgc b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/dt_test.pgc
index 95632fffee..f81a392665 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/dt_test.pgc
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/dt_test.pgc
@@ -362,6 +362,22 @@ main(void)
 	printf("timestamp_defmt_asc(%s, %s) = %s, error: %d\n", in, fmt, text, i);
 	PGTYPESchar_free(text);
 
+	out = (char*) malloc(64);
+	fmt = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y";
+	in =  "Mon Dec 30 17:28:44 2019";
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_defmt_asc(in, fmt, &ts1);
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc(&ts1, out, 63, fmt);
+	printf("timestamp_defmt_asc(%s, %s) = %s, error: %d\n", in, fmt, out, i);
+	free(out);
+
+	out = (char*) malloc(64);
+	fmt = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y";
+	in =  "Mon December 30 17:28:44 2019";
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_defmt_asc(in, fmt, &ts1);
+	i = PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc(&ts1, out, 63, fmt);
+	printf("timestamp_defmt_asc(%s, %s) = %s, error: %d\n", in, fmt, out, i);
+	free(out);
+
 	exec sql rollback;
         exec sql disconnect;