diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index ef43bdef0..21d8c2a8f 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -1535,10 +1535,10 @@ function PMA_extractValueFromFormattedSize($formatted_size)
  */
 function PMA_localisedDate($timestamp = -1, $format = '')
 {
-    global $datefmt, $month, $day_of_week;
+    global $month, $day_of_week;
 
     if ($format == '') {
-        $format = $datefmt;
+        $format = __('%B %d, %Y at %I:%M %p');
     }
 
     if ($timestamp == -1) {
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ function PMA_linkOrButton($url, $message, $tag_params = array(),
 /**
  * Returns a given timespan value in a readable format.
  *
- * @uses    $GLOBALS['timespanfmt']
+ * @uses    __('%s days, %s hours, %s minutes and %s seconds') 
  * @uses    sprintf()
  * @uses    floor()
  * @param  int     the timespan
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ function PMA_timespanFormat($seconds)
     if ($days > 0 || $hours > 0 || $minutes > 0) {
         $seconds -= $minutes * 60;
     }
-    return sprintf($GLOBALS['timespanfmt'], (string)$days, (string)$hours, (string)$minutes, (string)$seconds);
+    return sprintf(__('%s days, %s hours, %s minutes and %s seconds'), (string)$days, (string)$hours, (string)$minutes, (string)$seconds);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/messages.inc.php b/libraries/messages.inc.php
index 349a807a2..5194a4b3c 100644
--- a/libraries/messages.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/messages.inc.php
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ $byteUnits = array(__('B'), __('KiB'), __('MiB'), __('GiB'), __('TiB'), __('PiB'
 $day_of_week = array(__('Sun'), __('Mon'), __('Tue'), __('Wed'), __('Thu'), __('Fri'), __('Sat'));
 $month = array(__('Jan'), __('Feb'), __('Mar'), __('Apr'), __('May'), __('Jun'), __('Jul'), __('Aug'), __('Sep'), __('Oct'), __('Nov'), __('Dec'));
 /* l10n: See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php to define the format string */
-$datefmt = __('%B %d, %Y at %I:%M %p');
-$timespanfmt = __('%s days, %s hours, %s minutes and %s seconds');
 
 $strAbortedClients = __('Aborted');
 $strAccessDenied = __('Access denied');
diff --git a/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php b/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php
index 282cb16bf..c1386fa80 100644
--- a/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function PMA_transformation_text_plain__dateformat($buffer, $options = array(),
 
     if (empty($options[1])) {
         if ($options[2] == 'local') {
-            $options[1] = $GLOBALS['datefmt'];
+            $options[1] = __('%B %d, %Y at %I:%M %p');
         } else {
             $options[1] = 'Y-m-d  H:i:s';
         }
diff --git a/pdf_schema.php b/pdf_schema.php
index a55c85e98..3156d2196 100644
--- a/pdf_schema.php
+++ b/pdf_schema.php
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ class PMA_PDF extends TCPDF {
     } // end of the "Error()" method
     function Header()
     {
-        // $datefmt
         // We only show this if we find something in the new pdf_pages table
 
         // This function must be named "Header" to work with the FPDF library