--- a/lib/strftime.c
+++ b/lib/strftime.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 # if ! HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
 #  if ! HAVE_TM_GMTOFF
 /* Approximate gmtime_r as best we can in its absence.  */
-#   define gmtime_r my_gmtime_r
+#  define gmtime_r my_gmtime_r
 static struct tm *gmtime_r __P ((const time_t *, struct tm *));
 static struct tm *
 gmtime_r (t, tp)
@@ -493,23 +493,25 @@
 
 #endif /* ! DO_MULTIBYTE */
 
-      /* Check for flags that can modify a number format.  */
+      /* Check for flags that can modify a format.  */
+      pad = 0;
       while (1)
 	{
 	  switch (*++f)
 	    {
+	      /* This influences the number formats.  */
 	    case '_':
 	    case '-':
 	    case '0':
 	      pad = *f;
 	      continue;
 
+	      /* This changes textual output.  */
 	    case '^':
 	      to_uppcase = 1;
 	      continue;
 
 	    default:
-	      pad = 0;
 	      break;
 	    }
 	  break;