diff --git a/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Format.php b/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Format.php
index 372f74d3f..4744b5bc6 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="% %B %Y" locale="fr_FR"} will output the format with specific format
      *  {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 +87,15 @@ 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 {
+            setlocale('LC_TIME', $locale);
+            return strftime($format, $date->getTimestamp());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -171,4 +180,4 @@ class Format extends AbstractSmartyPlugin
             new SmartyPluginDescriptor("function", "format_money", $this, "formatMoney")
        );
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file