diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..506b1b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+src/*.o
+src/s3
+debian/compat
+debian/files
+debian/apt-transport-s3
+debian/apt-transport-s3.substvars
+debian/apt-transport-s3.debhelper.log
+*~
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 43d8e7f..cd00edb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+apt-transport-s3 (1.1ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
+
+  * Make apt-transport-s3 work, when locale is non-english.
+
+ -- Jens Braeuer <braeuer.jens@googlemail.com>  Mon, 31 Jan 2012 21:01:25 +0100
+
 apt-transport-s3 (1.0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * Working around stupid amazon s3 behaviour with filenames
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 161bc02..d57765b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 default: s3
 
 clean:
-	rm *.o s3
+	rm -f *.o s3
 
 s3: s3_main.o s3.o connect.o
-	 g++ -lapt-pkg -lapt-inst -lssl -lcrypto -o s3 s3.o s3_main.o connect.o
+	 g++ -o s3 s3.o s3_main.o connect.o -lapt-pkg -lapt-inst -lssl -lcrypto
 
 %.o: %.cc
 	 gcc  -I /usr/include -I./ -g -c $<
 
 install: s3
-	cp s3 /usr/lib/apt/methods/
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+	cp s3 /usr/lib/apt/methods/
diff --git a/src/s3.cc b/src/s3.cc
index 1ac463d..a23bd4a 100644
--- a/src/s3.cc
+++ b/src/s3.cc
@@ -740,37 +740,51 @@ void HttpMethod::SendReq(FetchItem *Itm,CircleBuf &Out)
       Req += string("Proxy-Authorization: Basic ") + 
           Base64Encode(Proxy.User + ":" + Proxy.Password) + "\r\n";
 	
-	/* S3 Specific */
-	time_t rawtime;
-	struct tm * timeinfo;
-	char buffer [80];
-
-	time( &rawtime);
-	timeinfo = gmtime( &rawtime);
-
-	strftime(buffer, 80, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", timeinfo);
-	string dateString((const char*)buffer);
-	Req += "Date: " + dateString + "\r\n";
-
-	string extractedPassword;
-        if (Uri.Password.empty() && NULL == getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")) {
-          cerr << "E: No AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY set" << endl;
-          exit(1);
-	} else if(Uri.Password.empty()) {
-          extractedPassword = getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY");
-        } else {
-  	  if(Uri.Password.at(0) == '['){
-  	     extractedPassword = Uri.Password.substr(1,Uri.Password.size()-2);
-  	  }else{
-  	     extractedPassword = Uri.Password;
-  	  }
-	}
-
-	char headertext[SLEN], signature[SLEN];
-	sprintf(headertext,"GET\n\n\n%s\n%s", dateString.c_str(), normalized_path.c_str());
-	doEncrypt(headertext, signature, extractedPassword.c_str());
-
-	string signatureString(signature);
+   /* S3 Specific */
+   time_t rawtime = 0;
+   struct tm * timeinfo = NULL;
+   char buffer [80] = { 0 };
+   char* wday = NULL;
+
+   time( &rawtime);
+   timeinfo = gmtime( &rawtime);
+
+   // strftime does not seem to honour set_locale(LC_ALL, "") or
+   // set_locale(LC_TIME, ""). So convert day of week by hand.
+   switch (timeinfo->tm_wday) {
+   case 0: wday = (char*)"Sun"; break;
+   case 1: wday = (char*)"Mon"; break;
+   case 2: wday = (char*)"Tue"; break;
+   case 3: wday = (char*)"Wed"; break;
+   case 4: wday = (char*)"Thu"; break;
+   case 5: wday = (char*)"Fri"; break;
+   case 6: wday = (char*)"Sat"; break;
+   }
+
+   strcat(buffer, wday);
+   strftime(buffer+3, 80, ", %d %b %Y %T %z", timeinfo);
+   string dateString((const char*)buffer);
+   Req += "Date: " + dateString + "\r\n";
+
+   string extractedPassword;
+   if (Uri.Password.empty() && NULL == getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")) {
+     cerr << "E: No AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY set" << endl;
+     exit(1);
+   } else if(Uri.Password.empty()) {
+     extractedPassword = getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY");
+   } else {
+     if(Uri.Password.at(0) == '['){
+       extractedPassword = Uri.Password.substr(1,Uri.Password.size()-2);
+     }else{
+       extractedPassword = Uri.Password;
+     }
+   }
+
+   char headertext[SLEN], signature[SLEN];
+   sprintf(headertext,"GET\n\n\n%s\n%s", dateString.c_str(), normalized_path.c_str());
+   doEncrypt(headertext, signature, extractedPassword.c_str());
+
+   string signatureString(signature);
   string user;
   if (Uri.User.empty() && NULL == getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")) {
     cerr << "E: No AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID set" << endl;
diff --git a/src/s3.h b/src/s3.h
index dec5cd8..3257c22 100644
--- a/src/s3.h
+++ b/src/s3.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef APT_HTTP_H
 #define APT_HTTP_H
 
+#include <apt-pkg/hashes.h>
+
 #define MAXLEN 360