diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index d61d3710..bdf3c9f0 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from pelican.settings import _DEFAULT_CONFIG
 from datetime import datetime
 from os import getenv
 from sys import platform, stdin
+import locale
 
 class Page(object):
     """Represents a page
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ class Page(object):
             else:
                 self.date_format = settings['DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT']
 
+	if isinstance(self.date_format, tuple):
+		locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, self.date_format[0])
+		self.date_format = self.date_format[1]
+	
         if hasattr(self, 'date'):
             if platform == 'win32':
                 self.locale_date = self.date.strftime(self.date_format.encode('ascii','xmlcharrefreplace')).decode(stdin.encoding)