diff --git a/edivorce/apps/core/templatetags/format_utils.py b/edivorce/apps/core/templatetags/format_utils.py
index 0fa234ee..c9edc7b4 100644
--- a/edivorce/apps/core/templatetags/format_utils.py
+++ b/edivorce/apps/core/templatetags/format_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django import template
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.timesince import timesince
 
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'en_CA.UTF-8')
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 
 register = template.Library()