diff --git a/mcd.countdown.inc b/mcd.countdown.inc
index 6afa0ed..0f9e970 100644
--- a/mcd.countdown.inc
+++ b/mcd.countdown.inc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function mcd_theme_registry_alter(&$theme_registry) {
     $theme_registry['maintenance_page']['path'] = drupal_get_path('module', 'mcd');
     $theme_registry['maintenance_page']['template'] = 'maintenance-countdown-page';
     $theme_registry['maintenance_page']['type'] = 'theme';
-  }
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ function mcd_js_countdown() {
   //  jQuery script for countdown initialization
   $output = "jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\$('#countdown_dashboard').countDown({targetDate: {";
   $output .= "'day': " .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "j") . ", 'month': " .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "n") . ", 'year': " .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "Y") . ", 'hour': " .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "G") . ", 'min': " .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "i") . ", 'sec': " .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "s") . ", 'utc': '" .
-      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "O") . "'}";
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "j", '', 'en') . ", 'month': " .
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "n", '', 'en') . ", 'year': " .
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "Y", '', 'en') . ", 'hour': " .
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "G", '', 'en') . ", 'min': " .
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "i", '', 'en') . ", 'sec': " .
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "s", '', 'en') . ", 'utc': '" .
+      format_date($stoptime, 'custom', "O", '', 'en') . "'}";
   if ($mcd_message || $mcd_reload != 1) {
     $output .= ", onComplete: function() {";
     //  slide down 'time is up' message or 'Reload' button
diff --git a/mcd.module b/mcd.module
index 01fd272..c22ba4f 100644
--- a/mcd.module
+++ b/mcd.module
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function mcd_submit($form, &$form_state) {
       variable_get('mcd_minutes', 0) . ' minutes',
       variable_get('mcd_seconds', 0) . ' seconds'
     );
-    $stoptime = strtotime(format_date($starttime, 'custom', 'c') . " +" . implode(" ", $offtime));
+    $stoptime = strtotime(format_date($starttime, 'custom', 'c', '', 'en') . " +" . implode(" ", $offtime));
 //  save stop-time in var, output like 1315776380
     variable_set('mcd_stoptime', $stoptime);