lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm | 5 +++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
index 69d048fb73426b7e0656269f944807829f36b773..67d720368922d6013253fc4be27c7464c02f3265 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
@@ -719,11 +719,12 @@ 	if (my $locked = $self->{-eidxq_locked}) { # be lazy
 		return $locked if $locked eq $cur;
 	}
 	my ($pid, $time, $euid, $ident) = split(/-/, $cur, 4);
-	my $t = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %k:%M:%S', gmtime($time));
+	my $t = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %k:%M %z', localtime($time));
+	local $self->{current_info} = 'eidxq';
 	if ($euid == $> && $ident eq host_ident) {
 		if (kill(0, $pid)) {
 			warn <<EOM; return;
-I: PID:$pid (re)indexing Xapian since $t, it will continue our work
+I: PID:$pid (re)indexing since $t, it will continue our work
 EOM
 		}
 		if ($!{ESRCH}) {