--- coreutils-5.91/src/date.c.orig	2005-09-16 08:06:57 +0000
+++ coreutils-5.91/src/date.c	2005-10-20 12:13:59 +0000
@@ -451,14 +451,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       format = DATE_FMT_LANGINFO ();
       if (! *format)
 	{
-	  /* Do not wrap the following literal format string with _(...).
-	     For example, suppose LC_ALL is unset, LC_TIME="POSIX",
-	     and LANG="ko_KR".  In that case, POSIX says that LC_TIME
-	     determines the format and contents of date and time strings
-	     written by date, which means "date" must generate output
-	     using the POSIX locale; but adding _() would cause "date"
-	     to use a Korean translation of the format.  */
-	  format = "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y";
+	  format = dcgettext(NULL, N_("%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y"), LC_TIME);
 	}
     }