diff --git a/client/daemon/rpcserver/rpcserver.go b/client/daemon/rpcserver/rpcserver.go
index 21dacdefe..bb759d564 100644
--- a/client/daemon/rpcserver/rpcserver.go
+++ b/client/daemon/rpcserver/rpcserver.go
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ func (s *server) recursiveDownloadWithP2PMetadata(
 	// update url scheme
 	purl.Scheme = source.ListMetadataScheme
 	// update cache expire time
-	urlMeta.Header[source.ListMetadataExpire] = time.Now().Add(s.cacheRecursiveMetadata).Format(source.ExpireLayout)
+	// The target format is GMT time, need convert to UTC time first
+	urlMeta.Header[source.ListMetadataExpire] = time.Now().Add(s.cacheRecursiveMetadata).UTC().Format(source.ExpireLayout)
 
 	rc, _, err := s.peerTaskManager.StartStreamTask(ctx, &peer.StreamTaskRequest{
 		URL:     purl.String(),
diff --git a/pkg/source/header.go b/pkg/source/header.go
index 8cfde0510..19e1f01f3 100644
--- a/pkg/source/header.go
+++ b/pkg/source/header.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package source
 
-import "net/textproto"
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/textproto"
+)
 
 const (
 	// Range is different with HTTP Range, it's without "bytes=" prefix
@@ -24,8 +27,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	LastModifiedLayout = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT"
-	ExpireLayout       = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT"
+	LastModifiedLayout = http.TimeFormat
+	ExpireLayout       = http.TimeFormat
 )
 
 type ExpireInfo struct {