diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c

index ddb011e..619a72b 100644

--- a/src/date.c

+++ b/src/date.c

@@ -494,14 +494,7 @@ 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);

         }

     }