diff --git a/partials/post-card.hbs b/partials/post-card.hbs
index 4d2aae8c..c89ab450 100644
--- a/partials/post-card.hbs
+++ b/partials/post-card.hbs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                     <span class="gh-card-author">{{{t "By {authors}" authors=(authors autolink="false" separator=", ") }}}</span>
                 {{/if}}
                 {{#if @custom.show_publish_date}}
-                    <time class="gh-card-date" datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{date format="DD MMM YYYY"}}</time>
+                    <time class="gh-card-date" datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{#match @site.locale "~^" "en"}}{{date format="DD MMM YYYY"}}{{else}}{{date}}{{/match}}</time>
                 {{/if}}<!--
          --></footer>
         </div>
diff --git a/post.hbs b/post.hbs
index 5da34039..75485e7b 100644
--- a/post.hbs
+++ b/post.hbs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         <div class="gh-article-meta-wrapper">
                             <h4 class="gh-article-author-name">{{authors}}</h4>
                             <div class="gh-article-meta-content">
-                                <time class="gh-article-meta-date" datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{date format="DD MMM YYYY"}}</time>
+                                <time class="gh-article-meta-date" datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{#match @site.locale "~^" "en"}}{{date format="DD MMM YYYY"}}{{else}}{{date}}{{/match}}</time>
                                 {{#if reading_time}}
                                     <span class="gh-article-meta-length"><span class="bull">—</span> {{reading_time minute=(t "1 min read") minutes=(t "% min read")}}</span>
                                 {{/if}}