diff --git a/gezegen/rss10.xml.tmpl b/gezegen/rss10.xml.tmpl
index ea0c2e9..0cd709b 100644
--- a/gezegen/rss10.xml.tmpl
+++ b/gezegen/rss10.xml.tmpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<TMPL_IF content>
 	<content:encoded><TMPL_VAR content ESCAPE="HTML"></content:encoded>
 	</TMPL_IF>
-	<dc:date><TMPL_VAR date_iso></dc:date>
+	<dc:date><TMPL_VAR date_822></dc:date>
 	<TMPL_IF creator>
 	<dc:creator><TMPL_VAR creator></dc:creator>
 	</TMPL_IF>
diff --git a/gezegen/rss20.xml.tmpl b/gezegen/rss20.xml.tmpl
index 58484b0..3ff7a11 100644
--- a/gezegen/rss20.xml.tmpl
+++ b/gezegen/rss20.xml.tmpl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	</TMPL_IF>
 	<TMPL_VAR content ESCAPE="HTML"></description>
 	</TMPL_IF>
-	<pubDate><TMPL_VAR date_iso></pubDate>
+	<pubDate><TMPL_VAR date_822></pubDate>
 	<TMPL_IF creator>
 	<dc:creator><TMPL_VAR creator></dc:creator>
 	</TMPL_IF>
diff --git a/planet/__init__.py b/planet/__init__.py
index ee24055..ffa04f9 100644
--- a/planet/__init__.py
+++ b/planet/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ __authors__ = [ "Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>",
                 "Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org>" ]
 __license__ = "Python"
 
+import locale
 
 # Modules available without separate import
 import cache
@@ -87,6 +88,15 @@ class stripHtml(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
 def template_info(item, date_format):
     """Produce a dictionary of template information."""
     info = {}
+    
+    #set the locale so that the dates at the feeds will be in english
+    lc=locale.getlocale()
+    if lc[0].find("tr") != -1:
+      try:
+	locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+      except:
+	pass
+    
     for key in item.keys():
         if item.key_type(key) == item.DATE:
             date = item.get_as_date(key)