diff -ruN CPANPLUS-Dist-RPM-0.0.8-orig/lib/CPANPLUS/Dist/RPM.pm CPANPLUS-Dist-RPM-0.0.8/lib/CPANPLUS/Dist/RPM.pm
--- CPANPLUS-Dist-RPM-0.0.8-orig/lib/CPANPLUS/Dist/RPM.pm	2009-01-17 21:19:29.000000000 +0100
+++ CPANPLUS-Dist-RPM-0.0.8/lib/CPANPLUS/Dist/RPM.pm	2010-08-08 16:53:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@
 use Path::Class;
 use Pod::POM;
 use Pod::POM::View::Text;
-use POSIX           qw{ strftime };
+use POSIX           qw{ strftime locale_h};
 use Readonly;
 use Software::LicenseUtils;
 use Text::Autoformat;
 use Template;
 
+# Set locale to en_US.UTF8 so that dates in changelog will be correct
+# if using another locale. Also ensures writing out UTF8. (Thanks to
+# Roy-Magne Mo for pointing out the problem and providing a solution.)
+setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.UTF-8");
+
 our $VERSION = '0.0.8';
 
 # debugging