diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 04b683b90..925484253 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $Source$
       (bug #1033360), thanks to Claude Theroux.
     * lang/chinese_traditional-*.inc.php: Updates, thanks to Siu Sun.
     * lang/dutch-*.inc.php: Updates, thanks to Ivo Teel.
+    * lang/persian-*.inc.php: Added missing $timespanfmt variable.
 
 2004-09-27 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     ### 2.6.0 released
diff --git a/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php
index 1fc07ba4b..7a28ec9f3 100644
--- a/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $month = array('ژانويه', 'فوريه', 'مارس', 'آوريل', 'مي', '
 // See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php to define the
 // variable below
 $datefmt = '%d %B %Y ساعت %I:%M %p';
+$timespanfmt = '%s days, %s hours, %s minutes and %s seconds'; //to translate
 
 $strAccessDenied = 'دسترسي مجاز نيست';
 $strAction = 'عمل';
diff --git a/lang/persian-windows-1256.inc.php b/lang/persian-windows-1256.inc.php
index ee55dfe30..37cd83da0 100644
--- a/lang/persian-windows-1256.inc.php
+++ b/lang/persian-windows-1256.inc.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ $month = array('
 // See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php to define the
 // variable below
 $datefmt = '%d %B %Y ���� %I:%M %p';
+$timespanfmt = '%s days, %s hours, %s minutes and %s seconds'; //to translate
 
 $strAccessDenied = '������ ���� ����';
 $strAction = '���';