diff --git a/libretro-common/include/time/rtime.h b/libretro-common/include/time/rtime.h
index 7629c1eab3..da02ca0d3f 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/time/rtime.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/time/rtime.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ void rtime_init(void);
 /* Must be called upon program termination */
 void rtime_deinit(void);
 
+/* Time format strings with AM-PM designation require special
+ * handling due to platform dependence */
+void strftime_am_pm(char *s, size_t len, const char* format,
+      const struct tm* timeptr);
+
 /* Thread-safe wrapper for localtime() */
 struct tm *rtime_localtime(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 
diff --git a/libretro-common/time/rtime.c b/libretro-common/time/rtime.c
index d66c228fbc..fe56fc9ae8 100644
--- a/libretro-common/time/rtime.c
+++ b/libretro-common/time/rtime.c
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <time/rtime.h>
+#include <string/stdstring.h>
+
+#if !(defined(__linux__) && !defined(ANDROID))
+#include <encodings/utf.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_THREADS
 /* TODO/FIXME - global */
@@ -79,3 +85,27 @@ struct tm *rtime_localtime(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 
    return result;
 }
+
+/* Time format strings with AM-PM designation require special
+ * handling due to platform dependence */
+void strftime_am_pm(char *s, size_t len, const char* format,
+      const struct tm* timeptr)
+{
+   char *local = NULL;
+
+   /* Ensure correct locale is set
+    * > Required for localised AM/PM strings */
+   setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
+
+   strftime(s, len, format, timeptr);
+#if !(defined(__linux__) && !defined(ANDROID))
+   if ((local = local_to_utf8_string_alloc(s)))
+   {
+	   if (!string_is_empty(local))
+		   strlcpy(s, local, len);
+
+      free(local);
+      local = NULL;
+   }
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.c b/menu/menu_driver.c
index c36e8497c8..53766dbf20 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.c
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.c
@@ -636,32 +636,6 @@ bool menu_entries_list_search(const char *needle, size_t *idx)
    return match_found;
 }
 
-/* Time format strings with AM-PM designation require special
- * handling due to platform dependence */
-static void strftime_am_pm(char *s, size_t len, const char* format,
-      const struct tm* timeptr)
-{
-   char *local = NULL;
-
-   /* Ensure correct locale is set
-    * > Required for localised AM/PM strings */
-   setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
-
-   strftime(s, len, format, timeptr);
-#if !(defined(__linux__) && !defined(ANDROID))
-   local = local_to_utf8_string_alloc(s);
-   if (local)
-   {
-	   if (!string_is_empty(local))
-		   strlcpy(s, local, len);
-
-      free(local);
-      local = NULL;
-   }
-#endif
-}
-
-
 /* Display the date and time - time_mode will influence how
  * the time representation will look like.
  * */
diff --git a/runtime_file.c b/runtime_file.c
index 0057d79f52..5adeeddd5a 100644
--- a/runtime_file.c
+++ b/runtime_file.c
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ static bool RtlJSONObjectMemberHandler(void *ctx, const char *s, size_t len)
 {
    RtlJSONContext *p_ctx = (RtlJSONContext*)ctx;
 
+   /* something went wrong */
    if (p_ctx->current_entry_val)
-   {
-      /* something went wrong */
       return false;
-   }
 
    if (len)
    {
@@ -129,8 +127,7 @@ static void runtime_log_read_file(runtime_log_t *runtime_log)
    }
 
    /* Initialise JSON parser */
-   parser = rjson_open_rfile(file);
-   if (!parser)
+   if (!(parser = rjson_open_rfile(file)))
    {
       RARCH_ERR("Failed to create JSON parser.\n");
       goto end;
@@ -377,9 +374,8 @@ runtime_log_t *runtime_log_init(
 
    /* Phew... If we get this far then all is well.
     * > Create 'runtime_log' object */
-   runtime_log                     = (runtime_log_t*)
-      malloc(sizeof(*runtime_log));
-   if (!runtime_log)
+   if (!(runtime_log = (runtime_log_t*)
+      malloc(sizeof(*runtime_log))))
       return NULL;
 
    /* > Populate default values */
@@ -625,29 +621,6 @@ void runtime_log_get_last_played_time(runtime_log_t *runtime_log,
    mktime(time_info);
 }
 
-static void last_played_strftime(char *s, size_t len, const char *format,
-      const struct tm *timeptr)
-{
-   char *local = NULL;
-
-   /* Ensure correct locale is set */
-   setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
-
-   /* Generate string */
-   strftime(s, len, format, timeptr);
-#if !(defined(__linux__) && !defined(ANDROID))
-   local = local_to_utf8_string_alloc(s);
-   if (local)
-   {
-      if (!string_is_empty(local))
-         strlcpy(s, local, len);
-
-      free(local);
-      local = NULL;
-   }
-#endif
-}
-
 static void last_played_human(runtime_log_t *runtime_log,
       char *str, size_t len)
 {
@@ -855,7 +828,7 @@ void runtime_log_get_last_played_str(runtime_log_t *runtime_log,
             /* Get time */
             struct tm time_info;
             runtime_log_get_last_played_time(runtime_log, &time_info);
-            last_played_strftime(tmp, sizeof(tmp), format_str, &time_info);
+            strftime_am_pm(tmp, sizeof(tmp), format_str, &time_info);
          }
          snprintf(str, len, "%s%s",
                msg_hash_to_str(