diff --git a/HSMensaW_botA.py b/HSMensaW_botA.py
index 1110824..9ba30c8 100644
--- a/HSMensaW_botA.py
+++ b/HSMensaW_botA.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from typing import Any
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 
 import telepot
+from babel.dates import format_date
 from googletrans import Translator
 from telepot.aio import DelegatorBot
 from telepot.aio.delegate import per_chat_id, create_open, pave_event_space
@@ -193,13 +194,13 @@ class HSMensaW(telepot.aio.helper.ChatHandler):
 async def send_essen(chat_id: int, sprache: Language = Language.GERMAN) -> None:
     global datum, essen, essen_eng
     if sprache == Language.GERMAN or sprache == Language.GERMAN_ENGLISH:
-        nachricht = "Speiseplan am %s:\n" % datum.strftime("%A, den %d. %B %Y")
+        nachricht = "Speiseplan am %s:\n" % format_date(datum, format="full", locale="de_DE")
         for i in essen:
             nachricht += "- " + str(i).replace(".", ",") + "\n\n"
         await send_message(bot_obj=bot, chat_id=chat_id, msg=nachricht, parse_mode="markdown")
 
     if sprache == Language.ENGLISH or sprache == Language.GERMAN_ENGLISH:
-        nachricht = "Menu on %s:\n" % datum.strftime("%A, %d %B %Y")
+        nachricht = "Menu on %s:\n" % format_date(datum, format="full", locale="en")
         for i in essen_eng:
             nachricht += "- " + str(i) + "\n\n"
         await send_message(bot_obj=bot, chat_id=chat_id, msg=nachricht, parse_mode="markdown")
@@ -390,8 +391,6 @@ message_log = open("msg.log", "a")
 signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, shutdown)
 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, shutdown)
 
-#locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, 'de_DE.UTF-8')
-
 translator = Translator()
 
 try: