diff --git a/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py b/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py
index eac3c3e0a77..38b4714485e 100644
--- a/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
+import babel.dates
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
@@ -225,9 +226,11 @@ class website_event(http.Controller):
         return request.redirect("/event/%s/register?enable_editor=1" % slug(event))
 
     def get_formated_date(self, event):
+        context = request.context
         start_date = datetime.strptime(event.date_begin, tools.DEFAULT_SERVER_DATETIME_FORMAT).date()
         end_date = datetime.strptime(event.date_end, tools.DEFAULT_SERVER_DATETIME_FORMAT).date()
-        return ('%s %s%s') % (start_date.strftime("%b"), start_date.strftime("%e"), (end_date != start_date and ("-"+end_date.strftime("%e")) or ""))
+        month = babel.dates.get_month_names('abbreviated', locale=context.get('lang', 'en_US'))[start_date.month]
+        return ('%s %s%s') % (month, start_date.strftime("%e"), (end_date != start_date and ("-"+end_date.strftime("%e")) or ""))
     
     @http.route('/event/get_country_event_list', type='http', auth='public', website=True)
     def get_country_events(self ,**post):