diff --git a/usr.bin/pr/pr.c b/usr.bin/pr/pr.c
index 817cc2582fec..2e0376ef9f93 100644
--- a/usr.bin/pr/pr.c
+++ b/usr.bin/pr/pr.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)pr.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94";
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <langinfo.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1577,6 +1578,7 @@ setup(argc, argv)
 	register char **argv;
 {
 	register int c;
+	int d_first;
 	int eflag = 0;
 	int iflag = 0;
 	int wflag = 0;
@@ -1818,8 +1820,10 @@ setup(argc, argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	timefrmt = TIMEFMT;
 	(void) setlocale(LC_TIME, (Lflag != NULL) ? Lflag : "");
 
+	d_first = (*nl_langinfo(D_MD_ORDER) == 'd');
+	timefrmt = d_first ? TIMEFMTD : TIMEFMTM;
+
 	return(0);
 }
diff --git a/usr.bin/pr/pr.h b/usr.bin/pr/pr.h
index f132675e5aea..a4346c788dcc 100644
--- a/usr.bin/pr/pr.h
+++ b/usr.bin/pr/pr.h
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
 #define	HDFMT		"%s %s Page %d\n\n\n"
 #define	HEADLEN		5
 #define	TAILLEN		5
-#define	TIMEFMT		"%Ef %H:%M %Y"
+#define	TIMEFMTD	"%e %b %H:%M %Y"
+#define	TIMEFMTM	"%b %e %H:%M %Y"
 #define	FNAME		""
 #define	LBUF		8192
 #define	HDBUF		512