Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/dom4j/Dom4jReaderGenerator.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/dom4j/Dom4jReaderGenerator.java	(revision 612)
+++ src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/dom4j/Dom4jReaderGenerator.java	(working copy)
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
         jClass.addImport( "java.io.Reader" );
 
         jClass.addImport( "java.util.Date" );
+        
+        jClass.addImport( "java.util.Locale" );
 
         jClass.addImport( "java.text.DateFormat" );
 
@@ -172,10 +174,11 @@
         unmarshall.addException( new JClass( "DocumentException" ) );
 
         sc = unmarshall.getSourceCode();
+        
         sc.add( "return read( reader, true );" );
 
         jClass.addMethod( unmarshall );
-
+        
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Write the class parsers
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1073,7 +1076,7 @@
 
         sc.indent();
 
-        sc.add( "DateFormat dateParser = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance( DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL );" );
+        sc.add( "DateFormat dateParser = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance( DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL , Locale.US );" );
 
         sc.add( "dateParser.setLenient( true );" );
 
Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/dom4j/Dom4jWriterGenerator.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/dom4j/Dom4jWriterGenerator.java	(revision 612)
+++ src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/dom4j/Dom4jWriterGenerator.java	(working copy)
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
         jClass.addImport( "java.util.Arrays" );
 
         jClass.addImport( "java.util.Iterator" );
+        
+        jClass.addImport( "java.util.Locale" );
 
         jClass.addImport( "java.text.DateFormat" );
 
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@
         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 ) )
         {
Index: src/test/verifiers/dom4j/Dom4jVerifier.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/verifiers/dom4j/Dom4jVerifier.java	(revision 612)
+++ src/test/verifiers/dom4j/Dom4jVerifier.java	(working copy)
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">Trygve Laugst&oslash;l</a>
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@
 
         verifyReaderDuplicates();
 
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York"));
+        
         verifyWriter();
     }
 
@@ -254,6 +260,32 @@
         writer.write( buffer, actual );
 
         Assert.assertEquals( expectedXml.trim(), buffer.toString().trim() );
+        
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Test that dates are correctly read back from xml
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        StringBuffer dateXml = new StringBuffer();
+        dateXml.append("<mavenModel>\n<typeTester>\n");
+        dateXml.append("<date>Friday, January 6, 2006 12:00:00 AM EST</date>\n");
+        dateXml.append("</typeTester>\n</mavenModel>");
+
+        expected = new Model();
+
+        typeTester = new TypeTester();
+
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+
+        calendar.clear();
+        calendar.set(2006,01,06,12,0);
+
+        typeTester.setDate(calendar.getTime());
+
+        expected.setTypeTester(typeTester);
+
+        actual = reader.read( new StringReader( dateXml.toString() ) );
+
+        assertModel( expected, actual );
     }
 
     public void verifyReader()
Index: src/test/verifiers/dom4j/expected.xml
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--- src/test/verifiers/dom4j/expected.xml	(revision 612)
+++ src/test/verifiers/dom4j/expected.xml	(working copy)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <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 EST</date>
   </typeTester>
   <name>Maven</name>
   <component>