diff --git a/src/datetime/mod.rs b/src/datetime/mod.rs
index e82b19e78a..854383109e 100644
--- a/src/datetime/mod.rs
+++ b/src/datetime/mod.rs
@@ -600,8 +600,10 @@ where
     #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std", test))]
     #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))))]
     pub fn to_rfc2822(&self) -> String {
-        const ITEMS: &[Item<'static>] = &[Item::Fixed(Fixed::RFC2822)];
-        self.format_with_items(ITEMS.iter()).to_string()
+        let mut result = String::with_capacity(32);
+        crate::format::write_rfc2822(&mut result, self.naive_local(), self.offset.fix())
+            .expect("writing rfc2822 datetime to string should never fail");
+        result
     }
 
     /// Returns an RFC 3339 and ISO 8601 date and time string such as `1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00`.
diff --git a/src/format/mod.rs b/src/format/mod.rs
index 7aae7a8699..8ceb4d7342 100644
--- a/src/format/mod.rs
+++ b/src/format/mod.rs
@@ -700,19 +700,7 @@ fn format_inner<'a>(
                     // same as `%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z`
                     {
                         if let (Some(d), Some(t), Some(&(_, off))) = (date, time, off) {
-                            let sec = t.second() + t.nanosecond() / 1_000_000_000;
-                            write!(
-                                result,
-                                "{}, {:02} {} {:04} {:02}:{:02}:{:02} ",
-                                locale.short_weekdays[d.weekday().num_days_from_sunday() as usize],
-                                d.day(),
-                                locale.short_months[d.month0() as usize],
-                                d.year(),
-                                t.hour(),
-                                t.minute(),
-                                sec
-                            )?;
-                            Some(write_local_minus_utc(result, off, false, Colons::None))
+                            Some(write_rfc2822_inner(result, d, t, off, locale))
                         } else {
                             None
                         }
@@ -783,6 +771,40 @@ pub(crate) fn write_rfc3339(
     write_local_minus_utc(result, off, false, Colons::Single)
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std", test))]
+/// write datetimes like `Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200`, same as `%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z`
+pub(crate) fn write_rfc2822(
+    result: &mut String,
+    dt: crate::NaiveDateTime,
+    off: FixedOffset,
+) -> fmt::Result {
+    write_rfc2822_inner(result, &dt.date(), &dt.time(), off, Locales::new(None))
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std", test))]
+/// write datetimes like `Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200`, same as `%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z`
+fn write_rfc2822_inner(
+    result: &mut String,
+    d: &NaiveDate,
+    t: &NaiveTime,
+    off: FixedOffset,
+    locale: Locales,
+) -> fmt::Result {
+    let sec = t.second() + t.nanosecond() / 1_000_000_000;
+    write!(
+        result,
+        "{}, {:02} {} {:04} {:02}:{:02}:{:02} ",
+        locale.short_weekdays[d.weekday().num_days_from_sunday() as usize],
+        d.day(),
+        locale.short_months[d.month0() as usize],
+        d.year(),
+        t.hour(),
+        t.minute(),
+        sec
+    )?;
+    write_local_minus_utc(result, off, false, Colons::None)
+}
+
 /// Tries to format given arguments with given formatting items.
 /// Internally used by `DelayedFormat`.
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std", test))]