diff --git a/rpm/buildrpm.sh b/rpm/buildrpm.sh
index e425be4ede226c578132a70bf6a68a49d42a845c..712723a8c464098f17e465258ab17f807da29dcb 100755
--- a/rpm/buildrpm.sh
+++ b/rpm/buildrpm.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if [[ "$RPMBUILD_TEMP" =~ ' ' ]]; then
 fi
 
 # current date (for automatic changelog)
-CURDATE=$(date +"%a %b %d %Y")
+CURDATE=$(LC_ALL=C date +"%a %b %d %Y")
 
 # clean build directories
 rm -rf "$RPMBUILD_TEMP"