From fd442cc4856574b6b3d2ef00b72abfea81bb11e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 08:21:54 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [syslog] Fix RFC3164 timestamp compliance for single-digit
 days (#10034)

Co-authored-by: clydebarrow <2366188+clydebarrow@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp b/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
index e322a6951d..71468fa932 100644
--- a/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void Syslog::log_(const int level, const char *tag, const char *message, size_t
     severity = LOG_LEVEL_TO_SYSLOG_SEVERITY[level];
   }
   int pri = this->facility_ * 8 + severity;
-  auto timestamp = this->time_->now().strftime("%b %d %H:%M:%S");
+  auto timestamp = this->time_->now().strftime("%b %e %H:%M:%S");
   size_t len = message_len;
   // remove color formatting
   if (this->strip_ && message[0] == 0x1B && len > 11) {