diff --git a/include/language.h b/include/language.h
index a8fc14b57..bec84f780 100644
--- a/include/language.h
+++ b/include/language.h
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ namespace Language
 	 */
 	extern void InitLanguages();
 
+	/** Sets the locale to the specified language.
+	 * @param lang The language to translate to.
+	 */
+	extern CoreExport void SetLocale(const char* lang);
+
+	/** Sets the locale back to the default. */
+	extern CoreExport void ResetLocale();
+
 	/** Translates a string to the default language.
 	 * @param string A string to translate
 	 * @return The translated string if found, else the original string.
diff --git a/language/anope.en_US.po b/language/anope.en_US.po
index 279c9ed42..81a45468e 100644
--- a/language/anope.en_US.po
+++ b/language/anope.en_US.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Anope\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-09-29 12:59+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-10-02 15:29+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2025-09-29 13:00+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Sadie Powell <sadie@witchery.services>\n"
 "Language-Team: English\n"
@@ -751,9 +751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%2d %-16s letters: %s, words: %s, lines: %s, smileys: %s, actions: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"
-msgstr ""
-
 #, c-format
 msgid "%c is an unknown status mode."
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/src/language.cpp b/src/language.cpp
index 440461133..6e8f08b69 100644
--- a/src/language.cpp
+++ b/src/language.cpp
@@ -97,41 +97,41 @@ const char *Language::Translate(const NickCore *nc, int count, const char *singu
 extern "C" int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
 #endif
 
-namespace
+void Language::SetLocale(const char* lang)
 {
-	void PreTranslate(const char* lang)
-	{
+	if (!lang || !*lang)
+		lang = Config->DefLanguage.c_str();
+
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__USE_GNU_GETTEXT)
-		++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+	++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-		SetThreadLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(WindowsGetLanguage(lang), SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT));
+	SetThreadLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(WindowsGetLanguage(lang), SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT));
 #else
-		/* First, set LANG and LANGUAGE env variables.
-		 * Some systems (Debian) don't care about this, so we must setlocale LC_ALL as well.
-		 * BUT if this call fails because the LANGUAGE env variable is set, setlocale resets
-		 * the locale to "C", which short circuits gettext and causes it to fail on systems that
-		 * use the LANGUAGE env variable. We must reset the locale to en_US (or, anything not
-		 * C or POSIX) then.
-		 */
-		setenv("LANG", lang, 1);
-		setenv("LANGUAGE", lang, 1);
-		if (setlocale(LC_ALL, lang) == NULL)
-			setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US");
+	/* First, set LANG and LANGUAGE env variables.
+	 * Some systems (Debian) don't care about this, so we must setlocale LC_ALL as well.
+	 * BUT if this call fails because the LANGUAGE env variable is set, setlocale resets
+	 * the locale to "C", which short circuits gettext and causes it to fail on systems that
+	 * use the LANGUAGE env variable. We must reset the locale to en_US (or, anything not
+	 * C or POSIX) then.
+	 */
+	setenv("LANG", lang, 1);
+	setenv("LANGUAGE", lang, 1);
+	if (setlocale(LC_ALL, lang) == NULL)
+		setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US");
 #endif
-	}
+}
 
-	void PostTranslate()
-	{
+void Language::ResetLocale()
+{
 #ifdef _WIN32
-		SetThreadLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT));
+	SetThreadLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT));
 #else
-		unsetenv("LANGUAGE");
-		unsetenv("LANG");
-		setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+	unsetenv("LANGUAGE");
+	unsetenv("LANG");
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 #endif
-	}
 }
 
 const char *Language::Translate(const char *lang, const char *string)
@@ -139,16 +139,13 @@ const char *Language::Translate(const char *lang, const char *string)
 	if (!string || !*string)
 		return "";
 
-	if (!lang || !*lang)
-		lang = Config->DefLanguage.c_str();
-
-	PreTranslate(lang);
+	SetLocale(lang);
 
 	const char *translated_string = dgettext("anope", string);
 	for (unsigned i = 0; translated_string == string && i < Domains.size(); ++i)
 		translated_string = dgettext(Domains[i].c_str(), string);
 
-	PostTranslate();
+	ResetLocale();
 	return translated_string;
 }
 
@@ -157,19 +154,24 @@ const char *Language::Translate(const char *lang, int count, const char *singula
 	if (!singular || !*singular || !plural || !*plural)
 		return "";
 
-	if (!lang || !*lang)
-		lang = Config->DefLanguage.c_str();
-
-	PreTranslate(lang);
+	SetLocale(lang);
 
 	const char *translated_string = dngettext("anope", singular, plural, count);
 	for (unsigned i = 0; (translated_string == singular || translated_string == plural) && i < Domains.size(); ++i)
 		translated_string = dngettext(Domains[i].c_str(), singular, plural, count);
 
-	PostTranslate();
+	ResetLocale();
 	return translated_string;
 }
 #else
+void Language::SetLocale(const char* lang)
+{
+}
+
+void Language::ResetLocale()
+{
+}
+
 const char *Language::Translate(const char *lang, const char *string)
 {
 	return string != NULL ? string : "";
diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index 14a037e6c..2f151fd77 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -619,12 +619,18 @@ Anope::string Anope::Duration(time_t t, const NickCore *nc, bool round)
 
 Anope::string Anope::strftime(time_t t, const NickCore *nc, bool short_output)
 {
+	if (nc)
+		Language::SetLocale(nc->language.c_str());
+
 	char buf[BUFSIZE];
-	strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), Language::Translate(nc, _("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S %Z")), gmtime(&t));
+	strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", gmtime(&t));
+
+	if (nc)
+		Language::ResetLocale();
+
 	if (short_output)
 		return buf;
-
-	if (t < Anope::CurTime)
+	else if (t < Anope::CurTime)
 		return Anope::Format(Language::Translate(nc, _("%s (%s ago)")), buf, Duration(Anope::CurTime - t, nc, true).c_str());
 	else if (t > Anope::CurTime)
 		return Anope::Format(Language::Translate(nc, _("%s (%s from now)")), buf, Duration(t - Anope::CurTime, nc, true).c_str(), nc);