diff --git a/src/helpers/datetime.cpp b/src/helpers/datetime.cpp
index f6b66c1..1008c45 100644
--- a/src/helpers/datetime.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/datetime.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ QString DateTime::toString(const QString &rFormat) const
     if (format == QLatin1String("ABSOLUTE"))
         format = QLatin1String("HH:mm:ss.zzz");
     if (format == QLatin1String("DATE"))
-        format = QLatin1String("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.zzzz");
+        format = QLatin1String("dd MM yyyy HH:mm:ss.zzzz");
 
     return formatDateTime(format);
 }
diff --git a/tests/log4qttest/log4qttest.cpp b/tests/log4qttest/log4qttest.cpp
index d8854c0..0590e09 100644
--- a/tests/log4qttest/log4qttest.cpp
+++ b/tests/log4qttest/log4qttest.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void Log4QtTest::DateTime_alternativelyFormat_data()
     QTest::newRow("RELATIVE") << QString("RELATIVE") << reference << QString::number(diffTime);
     QTest::newRow("ISO8601") << QString("ISO8601") << reference << QString("2016-05-03 15:07:05.009");
     QTest::newRow("ABSOLUTE") << QString("ABSOLUTE") << reference << QString("15:07:05.009");
-    QTest::newRow("DATE") << QString("DATE") << reference << QString("03 Mai 2016 15:07:05.0099");
+    QTest::newRow("DATE") << QString("DATE") << reference << QString("03 05 2016 15:07:05.0099");
     QTest::newRow("CUSTOM1") << QString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.zzz") << reference << QString("2016-05-03 15:07:05.009");
 }