diff --git a/makesite.py b/makesite.py
index d20d86d..167f5f3 100755
--- a/makesite.py
+++ b/makesite.py
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
 from pygments.formatters import html
 
 # set user locale
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
-
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, 'fr_FR.UTF-8')
 
 # initialize markdown