diff --git a/config.sample.json b/config.sample.json
index 7ed77f2..1c4fad8 100644
--- a/config.sample.json
+++ b/config.sample.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
     "freemobile_apikey":"",
     "openweathermap_city":"Paris,FR",
     "openweathermap_apikey":"",
-    "openweathermap_language":"fr"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    "openweathermap_language":"fr",
+    "locale":"fr_FR.utf8"
+}
diff --git a/weather_to_freemobile.py b/weather_to_freemobile.py
index 0750e62..adec764 100755
--- a/weather_to_freemobile.py
+++ b/weather_to_freemobile.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 A simple script that sends the daily weather to a FreeMobile phone
 """
 import json
+import locale
 import logging
 import os
 import pyowm
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@ class WeatherToFreemobile():
         logging.info('Load configuration from {}'.format(config_file))
         with open(config_file) as configuration:
             self.config = json.load(configuration)
+        logging.info('Setting locale')
+        try:
+            locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, self.config['locale'])
+        except locale.Error:
+            logging.warning('Error setting locale {}'.format(self.config['locale']))
              
     def send_sms_to_freemobile(self, message):
         """
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ class WeatherToFreemobile():
         for weather in f:
             temp = weather.get_temperature(unit='celsius')
             return_message += '{} : {} (min {}ºC, max {}ºC, rain:{}mm)'.format(
-                weather.get_reference_time('date').strftime('%x'),
+                weather.get_reference_time('date').strftime('%A %d').title(),
                 weather.get_detailed_status(),
                 round(float(temp['min'])),
                 round(float(temp['max'])),