--- 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);

 	}

     }