diff --git a/src/ifm.js b/src/ifm.js
index 6c202c7..0e02139 100644
--- a/src/ifm.js
+++ b/src/ifm.js
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ function IFM(params) {
 	this.formatDate = function( timestamp ) {
 		var d = new Date( timestamp * 1000 );
 
-		return d.toLocaleString();
+		return d.toLocaleString(self.config.dateLocale);
 	};
 
 	this.getClipboardLink = function( relpath ) {
diff --git a/src/main.php b/src/main.php
index 29cd613..6dd90c0 100644
--- a/src/main.php
+++ b/src/main.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class IFM {
 		"tmp_dir" => "",
 		"timezone" => "",
 		"forbiddenChars" => array(),
+		"dateLocale" => "en-US",
 		"language" => "@@@vars:defaultlanguage@@@",
 		"selfoverwrite" => 0,
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ class IFM {
 		$this->config['root_public_url'] =  getenv('IFM_ROOT_PUBLIC_URL') !== false ? getenv('IFM_ROOT_PUBLIC_URL') : $this->config['root_public_url'] ;
 		$this->config['tmp_dir'] =  getenv('IFM_TMP_DIR') !== false ? getenv('IFM_TMP_DIR') : $this->config['tmp_dir'] ;
 		$this->config['timezone'] =  getenv('IFM_TIMEZONE') !== false ? getenv('IFM_TIMEZONE') : $this->config['timezone'] ;
+		$this->config['dateLocale'] =  getenv('IFM_DATELOCALE') !== false ? getenv('IFM_DATELOCALE') : $this->config['dateLocale'] ;
 		$this->config['forbiddenChars'] =  getenv('IFM_FORBIDDENCHARS') !== false ? str_split( getenv('IFM_FORBIDDENCHARS') ) : $this->config['forbiddenChars'] ;
 		$this->config['language'] =  getenv('IFM_LANGUAGE') !== false ? getenv('IFM_LANGUAGE') : $this->config['language'] ;
 		$this->config['selfoverwrite'] =  getenv('IFM_SELFOVERWRITE') !== false ? getenv('IFM_SELFOVERWRITE') : $this->config['selfoverwrite'] ;