diff --git a/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Format.php b/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Format.php
index 372f74d3f..e254ecc60 100644
--- a/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Format.php
+++ b/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Format.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class Format extends AbstractSmartyPlugin
      *
      * ex :
      *  {format_date date=$dateTimeObject format="Y-m-d H:i:s"} will output the format with specific format
+     *  {format_date date=$dateTimeObject format="%e %B %Y" locale="fr_FR"} will output the format with specific format (see strftime() function)
      *  {format_date date=$dateTimeObject output="date"} will output the date using the default date system format
      *  {format_date date=$dateTimeObject} will output with the default datetime system format
      *
@@ -86,7 +87,25 @@ class Format extends AbstractSmartyPlugin
             $format = DateTimeFormat::getInstance($this->request)->getFormat($this->getParam($params, "output", null));
         }
 
-        return $date->format($format);
+        $locale = $this->getParam($params,'locale', false);
+
+        if($locale === false) {
+            return $date->format($format);
+        } else {
+            if(function_exists('setlocale')) {
+                // Save the current locale
+                $system_locale = setlocale('LC_TIME', 0);
+                setlocale('LC_TIME', $locale);
+                $localized_date =  strftime($format, $date->getTimestamp());
+                // Restore the locale
+                setlocale('LC_TIME', $system_locale);
+
+                return $localized_date;
+            } else {
+                // setlocale() function not available => error
+                throw new SmartyPluginException("The setlocale() function is not available on your system.");
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -171,4 +190,4 @@ class Format extends AbstractSmartyPlugin
             new SmartyPluginDescriptor("function", "format_money", $this, "formatMoney")
        );
     }
-}
+}
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