Index: src/test/verifiers/xpp3/expected.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/verifiers/xpp3/expected.xml	(r‚vision 607)
+++ src/test/verifiers/xpp3/expected.xml	(copie de travail)
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <l>3</l>
     <f>4.5</f>
     <d>5.6</d>
-    <date>Friday, 6 January 2006 12:00:00 AM EST</date>
+    <date>Friday January 6, 2006 12:00:00 AM CEST</date>
   </typeTester>
   <name>Maven</name>
   <component>
Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/xpp3/Xpp3WriterGenerator.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/xpp3/Xpp3WriterGenerator.java	(r‚vision 607)
+++ src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/xpp3/Xpp3WriterGenerator.java	(copie de travail)
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
 
         jClass.addImport( "java.util.Iterator" );
 
+        jClass.addImport( "java.util.Locale" );
+
         jClass.addField( new JField( new JClass( "org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlSerializer" ), "serializer" ) );
 
         jClass.addField( new JField( new JClass( "String" ), "NAMESPACE" ) );
@@ -464,7 +466,7 @@
         if ( "Date".equals( type ) )
         {
             textValue =
-                "DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance( DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL ).format( " + textValue + " )";
+                "DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance( DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL , Locale.US ).format( " + textValue + " )";
         }
         else if ( !"String".equals( type ) )
         {
@@ -472,6 +474,7 @@
         }
 
         return textValue;
+
     }
 
     private String getValueChecker( String type, String value, ModelField field )