1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/times.cc b/times.cc
index bb75f8d9..e6d0540f 100644
--- a/times.cc
+++ b/times.cc
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_LANGINFO_H
+#include <langinfo.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "times.h"
 
 namespace ledger {
 
 ptime now = boost::posix_time::second_clock::universal_time();
-bool  day_before_month = false;
+
+bool day_before_month = false;
+static bool  day_before_month_initialized = false;
 
 ptime parse_datetime(std::istream& in)
 {
+  if (! day_before_month_initialized) {
+#ifdef HAVE_NL_LANGINFO
+    const char * d_fmt = nl_langinfo(D_FMT);
+    if (d_fmt && std::strlen(d_fmt) > 1 && d_fmt[1] == 'd')
+      day_before_month = true;
+    day_before_month_initialized = true;
+#endif
+  }
 #if 1
   return parse_abs_datetime(in);
 #else