--- gnats/edit-pr.sh	Mon Aug 18 14:52:53 1997
+++ gnats/edit-pr.sh	Tue Aug 26 14:15:19 1997
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
 debug_print=false # or echo to get output.
-DATE=`date`
+DATE=`LC_TIME=C date`
 GNATS_ROOT=xGNATS_ROOTx
 LIBEXECDIR=xLIBEXECDIRx
 PATH=$PATH:$GNATS_ROOT/gnats-bin