diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_me.sh b/dnsapi/dns_me.sh
index 49007402..14ab79a4 100644
--- a/dnsapi/dns_me.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_me.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ _me_rest() {
   data="$3"
   _debug "$ep"
 
-  cdate=$(LANG=C date -u +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %Z")
+  cdate=$(LC_TIME=en_US.utf8; LANG=C date -u +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %Z")
   hmac=$(printf "%s" "$cdate" | _hmac sha1 "$(printf "%s" "$ME_Secret" | _hex_dump | tr -d " ")" hex)
 
   export _H1="x-dnsme-apiKey: $ME_Key"