diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index be4db2f7f..f0cae819b 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-05-26  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DateDisplay.py: don't mark date formats as translatable
+
 2005-05-25  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DateDisplay.py: properly encode french republican dates as unicode
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/DateDisplay.py b/gramps2/src/DateDisplay.py
index fd785fda4..cfdddc464 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/DateDisplay.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/DateDisplay.py
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ class DateDisplayEn(DateDisplay):
     """
 
     formats = (
-        _("YYYY-MM-DD (ISO)"), _("Numerical"), _("Month Day, Year"),
-        _("MON DAY, YEAR"), _("Day Month Year"), _("DAY MON YEAR")
+        "YYYY-MM-DD (ISO)", "Numerical", "Month Day, Year",
+        "MON DAY, YEAR", "Day Month Year", "DAY MON YEAR"
         )
 
     def __init__(self,format=None):