--- coreutils-4.5.3/src/date.c.langinfo	2002-11-28 18:02:47.000000000 +0000

+++ coreutils-4.5.3/src/date.c	2002-11-28 18:04:04.000000000 +0000

@@ -509,14 +509,7 @@

       else

 	{

 	  char *date_fmt = DATE_FMT_LANGINFO ();

-	  /* 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 = *date_fmt ? date_fmt : "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y";

+	  format = *date_fmt ? date_fmt : dcgettext(NULL, N_("%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y"), LC_TIME);

 	}

     }

   else if (*format == '\0')