2 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 45ca9ba16a16..2685806cb497 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ The timezone to use when displaying dates.
 See
 .Xr environ 7
 for more information.
+.It Ev LANG
+The locale to use when determining the order of day and month in the long
+.Fl l
+format output.
+See
+.Xr environ 7
+for more information.
 .It LSCOLORS
 The value of this variable describes what color to use for which
 attribute when the color output
diff --git a/bin/ls/print.c b/bin/ls/print.c
index d397c1c7773f..736754abe292 100644
--- a/bin/ls/print.c
+++ b/bin/ls/print.c
@@ -301,15 +301,18 @@ printtime(ftime)
 		now = time(NULL);
 
 #define	SIXMONTHS	((365 / 2) * 86400)
+	/* "%Ef" is a FreeBSD strftime definition for "%e %b" or "%b %e".
+	 * Actually format is locale sensitive.
+	 */
 	if (f_sectime)
-		/* Mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy */
-		format = "%b %e %T %Y ";
+		/* mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy || dd mmm hh:mm:ss yyyy */
+		format = "%Ef %T %Y ";
 	else if (ftime + SIXMONTHS > now && ftime < now + SIXMONTHS)
-		/* Mmm dd hh:mm */
-		format = "%b %e %R ";
+		/* mmm dd hh:mm || dd mmm hh:mm */
+		format = "%Ef %R ";
 	else
-		/* Mmm dd yyyy */
-		format = "%b %e %Y ";
+		/* mmm dd  yyyy || dd mmm  yyyy */
+		format = "%Ef  %Y ";
 	strftime(longstring, sizeof(longstring), format, localtime(&ftime));
 	fputs(longstring, stdout);
 }