diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/class.configuration.php b/workflow/engine/classes/class.configuration.php
index 5bc5cc9be..52431100c 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/class.configuration.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/class.configuration.php
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ class Configurations // extends Configuration
                     }
                 }
 
-                setlocale(LC_TIME, $langLocate);
-                $dateTime = utf8_encode(strftime($newCreation, mktime($h, $i, $s, $m, $d, $y)));
+                setlocale(LC_TIME, $langLocate . ".utf8");
+                $dateTime = strftime($newCreation, mktime($h, $i, $s, $m, $d, $y));
 
                 if (strpos($dateTime, ' ') !== false) {
                     $dateTime = ucwords($dateTime);