diff --git a/resources/recipes/the_sun.recipe b/resources/recipes/the_sun.recipe
index f9905a61dc..5699ec106c 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/the_sun.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/the_sun.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1268409464(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'The Sun'
@@ -14,24 +15,27 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1268409464(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_javascript = True
 
     keep_only_tags = [
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'medium-centered'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'article'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'clear-left'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'text-center'})
+            dict(id='column-print')
     ]
 
     remove_tags = [
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'slideshow'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'float-left'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'ltbx-slideshow ltbx-btn-ss'})
-        ,dict(name='a', attrs={'class':'add_a_comment'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'vxFlashPlayerContent'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'k1006094r1c1t5w380h529'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'tum_login_form_container'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'discHeader'})
-        ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'margin-bottom-neg-2'})
+        dict(name='div', attrs={'class':[
+            'clear text-center small padding-left-right-5 text-999 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-10 grey-solid-line',
+            'clear width-625 bg-fff padding-top-10'
+            ]}),
+        dict(name='video'),
     ]
 
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        h1 = soup.find('h1')
+        if h1 is not None:
+            text = self.tag_to_string(h1)
+            nh = Tag(soup, 'h1')
+            nh.insert(0, text)
+            h1.replaceWith(nh)
+
+        return soup
+
 
     feeds = [(u'News', u'http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/feeds/rss/article312900.ece')
 ,(u'Sport', u'http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/feeds/rss/article247732.ece')
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
index fa4dd74b6d..727bdf68b2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 
 from lxml import etree
 
-from calibre import prints, guess_type, iswindows, islinux
+from calibre import prints, guess_type
 from calibre.devices.errors import DeviceError
 from calibre.devices.usbms.driver import debug_print
 from calibre.constants import DEBUG
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ def strptime(src):
     src[2] = str(MONTH_MAP[src[2]])
     return time.strptime(' '.join(src), '%w, %d %m %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')
 
-def strftime(epoch, zone=None):
-    zone = time.gmtime
-    if islinux:
-        zone = time.localtime
+def strftime(epoch, zone=time.localtime):
     src = time.strftime("%w, %d %m %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", zone(epoch)).split()
     src[0] = INVERSE_DAY_MAP[int(src[0][:-1])]+','
     src[2] = INVERSE_MONTH_MAP[int(src[2])]
@@ -427,9 +424,6 @@ class XMLCache(object):
 
     def update_text_record(self, record, book, path, bl_index):
         timestamp = os.path.getmtime(path)
-        # Correct for MS DST time 'adjustment'
-        if iswindows and time.daylight:
-            timestamp -= time.altzone - time.timezone
         date = strftime(timestamp)
         if date != record.get('date', None):
             record.set('date', date)