diff --git a/lb b/lb
index aec5d9d..c2a23e7 100755
--- a/lb
+++ b/lb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ publish() { \
htaccessentry=$(grep "$basefile" "$webdir/blog/.htaccess")
realname="$(echo "$htaccessentry" | cut -d'"' -f2)"
rssdate="$(grep "$basefile" blog/.htaccess | sed "s/.*\.html\"* *#*//g" | tr -d '\n')"
- [ -z "$rssdate" ] && rssdate="$(date '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')" # RSS date formats must comply with standards to validate.
+ [ -z "$rssdate" ] && rssdate="$(LC_TIME=en_US date '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')" # RSS date formats must comply with standards to validate.
webdate="$(date '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')" # But this visible date you can set to any format.
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
printf "\\n\\n%s\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n%s
\\n[link—standalone]\\n%s\\n\\n\\n\\n" "$realname" "$css" "$realname" "../$blogfile" "$base" "$basefile" "$(cat "$webdir/blog/.drafts/$basefile")" "$website" "$name" > "$webdir/blog/$basefile"