diff --git a/tags/0.6.2/panel-plugin/weather-translate.c b/tags/0.6.2/panel-plugin/weather-translate.c
index 3ceb2f8..5742371 100644
--- panel-plugin/weather-translate.c
+++ panel-plugin/weather-translate.c
@@ -330,11 +330,18 @@ translate_lsup (const gchar *lsup)
 
   if (mktime (&time) != -1)
     {
+      int len;
       hdate = g_malloc (HDATE_N);
+      gchar *utf8time = NULL;
 
-      strftime (hdate, HDATE_N, _("%x at %X Local Time"), &time);
+      len = strftime (hdate, HDATE_N, _("%x at %X Local Time"), &time);
+      hdate[len] = '\0';
+      utf8time = g_locale_to_utf8(hdate, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+      if (utf8time == NULL)
+        return g_strdup(_("Error"));
 
-      return hdate;
+      g_free(hdate);
+      return utf8time;
     }
   else
     return NULL;
@@ -362,13 +369,22 @@ translate_day (const gchar *day)
     return NULL;
   else
     {
+      int len;
+      gchar *utf8day = NULL;
+
       time.tm_wday = wday;
 
       day_loc = g_malloc (DAY_LOC_N);
 
-      strftime (day_loc, DAY_LOC_N, "%A", &time);
+      len = strftime (day_loc, DAY_LOC_N, "%A", &time);
+      day_loc[len] = '\0';
+      utf8day = g_locale_to_utf8(day_loc, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+      if (utf8day == NULL)
+        return g_strdup(_("Error"));
 
-      return day_loc;
+      g_free(day_loc);
+      return utf8day;
     }
 }
 
@@ -444,6 +460,8 @@ translate_time (const gchar *time)
   gchar     **time_split, *time_loc;
   gint        i = 0, size = 0;
   struct tm   time_tm;
+  int         len;
+  gchar      *utf8time = NULL;
 
   if (strlen (time) == 0)
     return NULL;
@@ -461,9 +479,15 @@ translate_time (const gchar *time)
   _fill_time (&time_tm, time_split[0], time_split[1], time_split[2]);
   g_strfreev (time_split);
 
-  strftime (time_loc, TIME_LOC_N, "%X", &time_tm);
+  len = strftime (time_loc, TIME_LOC_N, "%X", &time_tm);
+  time_loc[len] = '\0';
+  utf8time = g_locale_to_utf8(time_loc, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (utf8time == NULL)
+    return g_strdup(_("Error"));
 
-  return time_loc;
+  g_free(time_loc);
+  return utf8time;
 }