diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 1961d28893a8b4ab77c74c1043d61fd37f204113..490e3ab0049a69b415326682b77e342ec55a31ba 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.178 2008/05/15 00:17:39 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.179 2008/05/19 18:08:15 tgl Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter Id="runtime-config">
   <title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -4184,9 +4184,9 @@ SET XML OPTION { DOCUMENT | CONTENT };
       </indexterm>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Sets the locale to use for formatting date and time values.
-        (Currently, this setting does nothing, but it might in the
-        future.)  Acceptable values are system-dependent; see <xref
+        Sets the locale to use for formatting dates and times, for example
+        with the <function>to_char</function> family of
+        functions. Acceptable values are system-dependent; see <xref
         linkend="locale"> for more information.  If this variable is
         set to the empty string (which is the default) then the value
         is inherited from the execution environment of the server in a
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index d168891d4e75252b224cd8024129918da06dafd2..48cb4f6c2b6338a3c9bfb7fbd0dbae83144b668e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.436 2008/05/04 23:19:23 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.437 2008/05/19 18:08:15 tgl Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="functions">
   <title>Functions and Operators</title>
@@ -5079,7 +5079,8 @@ SELECT SUBSTRING('XY1234Z', 'Y*?([0-9]{1,3})');
        </row>   
        <row>
         <entry><literal>TM</literal> prefix</entry>
-        <entry>translation mode (print localized day and month names based on <varname>lc_messages</>)</entry>
+        <entry>translation mode (print localized day and month names based on
+         <xref linkend="guc-lc-time">)</entry>
         <entry><literal>TMMonth</literal></entry>
        </row>       
        <row>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
index 103543817d278a8d39c94bd3be9f329b1841ed01..a8d63180dc4cba37e8de471abcca3cb514af4151 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * formatting.c
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c,v 1.139 2008/03/25 22:42:44 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c,v 1.140 2008/05/19 18:08:15 tgl Exp $
  *
  *
  *	 Portions Copyright (c) 1999-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
@@ -75,7 +75,17 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <float.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <locale.h>
+
+/*
+ * towlower() and friends should be in <wctype.h>, but some pre-C99 systems
+ * declare them in <wchar.h>.
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_WCHAR_H
+#include <wchar.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_WCTYPE_H
+#include <wctype.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/date.h"
@@ -86,8 +96,6 @@
 #include "utils/pg_locale.h"
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 
-#define _(x)	gettext((x))
-
 /* ----------
  * Routines type
  * ----------
@@ -919,6 +927,7 @@ static int	strspace_len(char *str);
 static int	strdigits_len(char *str);
 static char *str_toupper(char *buff);
 static char *str_tolower(char *buff);
+static char *str_initcap(char *buff);
 
 static int	seq_search(char *name, char **array, int type, int max, int *len);
 static void do_to_timestamp(text *date_txt, text *fmt,
@@ -939,22 +948,13 @@ static NUMCacheEntry *NUM_cache_search(char *str);
 static NUMCacheEntry *NUM_cache_getnew(char *str);
 static void NUM_cache_remove(NUMCacheEntry *ent);
 
-static char *localize_month_full(int index);
-static char *localize_month(int index);
-static char *localize_day_full(int index);
-static char *localize_day(int index);
-
 #if defined(HAVE_WCSTOMBS) && defined(HAVE_TOWLOWER)
 #define USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER
 /* externs are in oracle_compat.c */
 extern char *wstring_upper(char *str);
 extern char *wstring_lower(char *str);
-
-static char *localized_str_toupper(char *buff);
-static char *localized_str_tolower(char *buff);
-#else
-#define localized_str_toupper str_toupper
-#define localized_str_tolower str_tolower
+extern wchar_t *texttowcs(const text *txt);
+extern text *wcstotext(const wchar_t *str, int ncodes);
 #endif
 
 /* ----------
@@ -1426,102 +1426,122 @@ str_numth(char *dest, char *num, int type)
 }
 
 /* ----------
- * Convert string to upper case. Input string is modified in place.
+ * Convert string to upper case. It is designed to be multibyte-aware.
  * ----------
  */
 static char *
 str_toupper(char *buff)
 {
-	char	   *p_buff = buff;
+	char		*result;
 
 	if (!buff)
 		return NULL;
 
-	while (*p_buff)
+#ifdef USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER
+	if (pg_database_encoding_max_length() > 1 && !lc_ctype_is_c())
+		result = wstring_upper(buff);
+	else
+#endif		/* USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER */
 	{
-		*p_buff = pg_toupper((unsigned char) *p_buff);
-		++p_buff;
+		char *p;
+
+		result = pstrdup(buff);
+
+		for (p = result; *p; p++)
+			*p = pg_toupper((unsigned char) *p);
 	}
 
-	return buff;
+	return result;
 }
 
 /* ----------
- * Convert string to lower case. Input string is modified in place.
+ * Convert string to lower case. It is designed to be multibyte-aware.
  * ----------
  */
 static char *
 str_tolower(char *buff)
 {
-	char	   *p_buff = buff;
+	char		*result;
 
 	if (!buff)
 		return NULL;
 
-	while (*p_buff)
+#ifdef USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER
+	if (pg_database_encoding_max_length() > 1 && !lc_ctype_is_c())
+		result = wstring_lower(buff);
+	else
+#endif		/* USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER */
 	{
-		*p_buff = pg_tolower((unsigned char) *p_buff);
-		++p_buff;
-	}
-	return buff;
-}
+		char *p;
 
+		result = pstrdup(buff);
 
-#ifdef USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER
+		for (p = result; *p; p++)
+			*p = pg_tolower((unsigned char) *p);
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+  
 /* ----------
- * Convert localized string to upper case.
- * Input string may be modified in place ... or we might make a copy.
+ * wide-character-aware initcap function
  * ----------
  */
 static char *
-localized_str_toupper(char *buff)
+str_initcap(char *buff)
 {
+	char		*result;
+	bool		wasalnum = false;
+
 	if (!buff)
 		return NULL;
 
+#ifdef USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER
 	if (pg_database_encoding_max_length() > 1 && !lc_ctype_is_c())
-		return wstring_upper(buff);
-	else
 	{
-		char	   *p_buff = buff;
+		wchar_t		*workspace;
+		text		*in_text;
+		text		*out_text;
+		int			i;
+
+		in_text = cstring_to_text(buff);
+		workspace = texttowcs(in_text);
 
-		while (*p_buff)
+		for (i = 0; workspace[i] != 0; i++)
 		{
-			*p_buff = pg_toupper((unsigned char) *p_buff);
-			++p_buff;
+			if (wasalnum)
+				workspace[i] = towlower(workspace[i]);
+			else
+				workspace[i] = towupper(workspace[i]);
+			wasalnum = iswalnum(workspace[i]);
 		}
-	}
 
-	return buff;
-}
+		out_text = wcstotext(workspace, i);
+		result = text_to_cstring(out_text);
 
-/* ----------
- * Convert localized string to lower case.
- * Input string may be modified in place ... or we might make a copy.
- * ----------
- */
-static char *
-localized_str_tolower(char *buff)
-{
-	if (!buff)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (pg_database_encoding_max_length() > 1 && !lc_ctype_is_c())
-		return wstring_lower(buff);
+		pfree(workspace);
+		pfree(in_text);
+		pfree(out_text);
+	}
 	else
+#endif		/* USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER */
 	{
-		char	   *p_buff = buff;
+		char *p;
+
+		result = pstrdup(buff);
 
-		while (*p_buff)
+		for (p = result; *p; p++)
 		{
-			*p_buff = pg_tolower((unsigned char) *p_buff);
-			++p_buff;
+			if (wasalnum)
+				*p = pg_tolower((unsigned char) *p);
+			else
+				*p = pg_toupper((unsigned char) *p);
+			wasalnum = isalnum((unsigned char) *p);
 		}
 	}
 
-	return buff;
+	return result;
 }
-#endif   /* USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER */
 
 /* ----------
  * Sequential search with to upper/lower conversion
@@ -1730,6 +1750,9 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 				workbuff[32];
 	int			i;
 
+	/* cache localized days and months */
+	cache_locale_time();
+
 	s = out;
 	for (n = node; n->type != NODE_TYPE_END; n++)
 	{
@@ -1872,8 +1895,8 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 					break;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_month_full(tm->tm_mon - 1));
-					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, localized_str_toupper(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_full_months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_toupper(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -1887,9 +1910,14 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 				if (!tm->tm_mon)
 					break;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
-					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, localize_month_full(tm->tm_mon - 1));
+				{
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_full_months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_initcap(workbuff));
+				}
 				else
+				{
 					sprintf(s, "%*s", S_FM(n->suffix) ? 0 : -9, months_full[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+				}
 				s += strlen(s);
 				break;
 			case DCH_month:
@@ -1898,8 +1926,8 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 					break;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_month_full(tm->tm_mon - 1));
-					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, localized_str_tolower(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_full_months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_tolower(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -1914,13 +1942,13 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 					break;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_month(tm->tm_mon - 1));
-					strcpy(s, localized_str_toupper(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_abbrev_months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_toupper(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					strcpy(s, months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
-					str_toupper(s);
+					strcpy(workbuff, months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_toupper(workbuff));
 				}
 				s += strlen(s);
 				break;
@@ -1929,9 +1957,14 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 				if (!tm->tm_mon)
 					break;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
-					strcpy(s, localize_month(tm->tm_mon - 1));
+				{
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_abbrev_months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_initcap(workbuff));
+				}
 				else
+				{
 					strcpy(s, months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+				}
 				s += strlen(s);
 				break;
 			case DCH_mon:
@@ -1940,8 +1973,8 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 					break;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_month(tm->tm_mon - 1));
-					strcpy(s, localized_str_tolower(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_abbrev_months[tm->tm_mon - 1]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_tolower(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -1960,8 +1993,8 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 				INVALID_FOR_INTERVAL;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_day_full(tm->tm_wday));
-					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, localized_str_toupper(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_full_days[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_toupper(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -1973,17 +2006,22 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 			case DCH_Day:
 				INVALID_FOR_INTERVAL;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
-					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, localize_day_full(tm->tm_wday));
+				{
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_full_days[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_initcap(workbuff));
+				}
 				else
+				{
 					sprintf(s, "%*s", S_FM(n->suffix) ? 0 : -9, days[tm->tm_wday]);
+				}
 				s += strlen(s);
 				break;
 			case DCH_day:
 				INVALID_FOR_INTERVAL;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_day_full(tm->tm_wday));
-					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, localized_str_tolower(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_full_days[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_tolower(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -1996,30 +2034,35 @@ DCH_to_char(FormatNode *node, bool is_interval, TmToChar *in, char *out)
 				INVALID_FOR_INTERVAL;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_day(tm->tm_wday));
-					strcpy(s, localized_str_toupper(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_abbrev_days[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_toupper(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					strcpy(s, days_short[tm->tm_wday]);
-					str_toupper(s);
+					strcpy(workbuff, days_short[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_toupper(workbuff));
 				}
 				s += strlen(s);
 				break;
 			case DCH_Dy:
 				INVALID_FOR_INTERVAL;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
-					strcpy(s, localize_day(tm->tm_wday));
+				{
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_abbrev_days[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_initcap(workbuff));
+				}
 				else
+				{
 					strcpy(s, days_short[tm->tm_wday]);
+				}
 				s += strlen(s);
 				break;
 			case DCH_dy:
 				INVALID_FOR_INTERVAL;
 				if (S_TM(n->suffix))
 				{
-					strcpy(workbuff, localize_day(tm->tm_wday));
-					strcpy(s, localized_str_tolower(workbuff));
+					strcpy(workbuff, localized_abbrev_days[tm->tm_wday]);
+					sprintf(s, "%*s", 0, str_tolower(workbuff));
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -2783,174 +2826,6 @@ datetime_to_char_body(TmToChar *tmtc, text *fmt, bool is_interval)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static char *
-localize_month_full(int index)
-{
-	char	   *m = NULL;
-
-	switch (index)
-	{
-		case 0:
-			m = _("January");
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			m = _("February");
-			break;
-		case 2:
-			m = _("March");
-			break;
-		case 3:
-			m = _("April");
-			break;
-		case 4:
-			m = _("May");
-			break;
-		case 5:
-			m = _("June");
-			break;
-		case 6:
-			m = _("July");
-			break;
-		case 7:
-			m = _("August");
-			break;
-		case 8:
-			m = _("September");
-			break;
-		case 9:
-			m = _("October");
-			break;
-		case 10:
-			m = _("November");
-			break;
-		case 11:
-			m = _("December");
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return m;
-}
-
-static char *
-localize_month(int index)
-{
-	char	   *m = NULL;
-
-	switch (index)
-	{
-		case 0:
-			m = _("Jan");
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			m = _("Feb");
-			break;
-		case 2:
-			m = _("Mar");
-			break;
-		case 3:
-			m = _("Apr");
-			break;
-		case 4:
-			/*------
-			  translator: Translate this as the abbreviation of "May".
-			  In English, it is both the full month name and the
-			  abbreviation, so this hack is needed to distinguish
-			  them.  The translation also needs to start with S:,
-			  which will be stripped at run time. */
-			m = _("S:May") + 2;
-			break;
-		case 5:
-			m = _("Jun");
-			break;
-		case 6:
-			m = _("Jul");
-			break;
-		case 7:
-			m = _("Aug");
-			break;
-		case 8:
-			m = _("Sep");
-			break;
-		case 9:
-			m = _("Oct");
-			break;
-		case 10:
-			m = _("Nov");
-			break;
-		case 11:
-			m = _("Dec");
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return m;
-}
-
-static char *
-localize_day_full(int index)
-{
-	char	   *d = NULL;
-
-	switch (index)
-	{
-		case 0:
-			d = _("Sunday");
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			d = _("Monday");
-			break;
-		case 2:
-			d = _("Tuesday");
-			break;
-		case 3:
-			d = _("Wednesday");
-			break;
-		case 4:
-			d = _("Thursday");
-			break;
-		case 5:
-			d = _("Friday");
-			break;
-		case 6:
-			d = _("Saturday");
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return d;
-}
-
-static char *
-localize_day(int index)
-{
-	char	   *d = NULL;
-
-	switch (index)
-	{
-		case 0:
-			d = _("Sun");
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			d = _("Mon");
-			break;
-		case 2:
-			d = _("Tue");
-			break;
-		case 3:
-			d = _("Wed");
-			break;
-		case 4:
-			d = _("Thu");
-			break;
-		case 5:
-			d = _("Fri");
-			break;
-		case 6:
-			d = _("Sat");
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return d;
-}
-
 /****************************************************************************
  *				Public routines
  ***************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
index 257f60a8bbf14dd891a149c79b5cdcc41f5112a1..532015bc00bc3b2f3bd3b03989a30f8081ac611e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c,v 1.78 2008/03/25 22:42:44 tgl Exp $
+ *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c,v 1.79 2008/05/19 18:08:16 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 #define USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER
 char	   *wstring_lower(char *str);
 char	   *wstring_upper(char *str);
+wchar_t	   *texttowcs(const text *txt);
+text	   *wcstotext(const wchar_t *str, int ncodes);
 #endif
 
 static text *dotrim(const char *string, int stringlen,
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ static text *dotrim(const char *string, int stringlen,
 /*
  * Convert a TEXT value into a palloc'd wchar string.
  */
-static wchar_t *
+wchar_t *
 texttowcs(const text *txt)
 {
 	int			nbytes = VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(txt);
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ texttowcs(const text *txt)
  * must be zero-terminated, but we also require the caller to pass the string
  * length, since it will know it anyway in current uses.
  */
-static text *
+text *
 wcstotext(const wchar_t *str, int ncodes)
 {
 	text	   *result;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
index 9072cb54f2a02cf4e0c0bd71babef02572140aa4..dfc6c886a52125702ea716a1ec1c202c765679b4 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Portions Copyright (c) 2002-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c,v 1.40 2008/01/01 19:45:52 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c,v 1.41 2008/05/19 18:08:16 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -48,20 +48,31 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "catalog/pg_control.h"
+#include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pg_locale.h"
 
 
-/* GUC storage area */
+#define		MAX_L10N_DATA		80
 
+
+/* GUC settings */
 char	   *locale_messages;
 char	   *locale_monetary;
 char	   *locale_numeric;
 char	   *locale_time;
 
+/* lc_time localization cache */
+char	   *localized_abbrev_days[7];
+char	   *localized_full_days[7];
+char	   *localized_abbrev_months[12];
+char	   *localized_full_months[12];
+
 /* indicates whether locale information cache is valid */
 static bool CurrentLocaleConvValid = false;
+static bool CurrentLCTimeValid = false;
 
 /* Environment variable storage area */
 
@@ -209,7 +220,10 @@ locale_xxx_assign(int category, const char *value, bool doit, GucSource source)
 
 	/* need to reload cache next time? */
 	if (doit && value != NULL)
+	{
 		CurrentLocaleConvValid = false;
+		CurrentLCTimeValid = false;
+	}
 
 	return value;
 }
@@ -424,3 +438,78 @@ PGLC_localeconv(void)
 	CurrentLocaleConvValid = true;
 	return &CurrentLocaleConv;
 }
+
+
+/*
+ * Update the lc_time localization cache variables if needed.
+ */
+void
+cache_locale_time(void)
+{
+	char		*save_lc_time;
+	time_t		timenow;
+	struct tm	*timeinfo;
+	char		buf[MAX_L10N_DATA];
+	char	   *ptr;
+	int			i;
+
+	/* did we do this already? */
+	if (CurrentLCTimeValid)
+		return;
+
+	elog(DEBUG3, "cache_locale_time() executed; locale: \"%s\"", locale_time);
+
+	/* set user's value of time locale */
+	save_lc_time = setlocale(LC_TIME, NULL);
+	if (save_lc_time)
+		save_lc_time = pstrdup(save_lc_time);
+
+	setlocale(LC_TIME, locale_time);
+
+	timenow = time(NULL);
+	timeinfo = localtime(&timenow);
+
+	/* localized days */
+	for (i = 0; i < 7; i++)
+	{
+		timeinfo->tm_wday = i;
+		strftime(buf, MAX_L10N_DATA, "%a", timeinfo);
+		ptr = MemoryContextStrdup(TopMemoryContext, buf);
+		if (localized_abbrev_days[i])
+			pfree(localized_abbrev_days[i]);
+		localized_abbrev_days[i] = ptr;
+
+		strftime(buf, MAX_L10N_DATA, "%A", timeinfo);
+		ptr = MemoryContextStrdup(TopMemoryContext, buf);
+		if (localized_full_days[i])
+			pfree(localized_full_days[i]);
+		localized_full_days[i] = ptr;
+	}
+
+	/* localized months */
+	for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
+	{
+		timeinfo->tm_mon = i;
+		timeinfo->tm_mday = 1;	/* make sure we don't have invalid date */
+		strftime(buf, MAX_L10N_DATA, "%b", timeinfo);
+		ptr = MemoryContextStrdup(TopMemoryContext, buf);
+		if (localized_abbrev_months[i])
+			pfree(localized_abbrev_months[i]);
+		localized_abbrev_months[i] = ptr;
+
+		strftime(buf, MAX_L10N_DATA, "%B", timeinfo);
+		ptr = MemoryContextStrdup(TopMemoryContext, buf);
+		if (localized_full_months[i])
+			pfree(localized_full_months[i]);
+		localized_full_months[i] = ptr;
+	}
+
+	/* try to restore internal settings */
+	if (save_lc_time)
+	{
+		setlocale(LC_TIME, save_lc_time);
+		pfree(save_lc_time);
+	}
+
+	CurrentLCTimeValid = true;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/utils/pg_locale.h b/src/include/utils/pg_locale.h
index da30b0661644a4a896059ba1c43b595a5485ad55..2dee75524cabf07d56edf1fd354e97edf655baab 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/pg_locale.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/pg_locale.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *
  * PostgreSQL locale utilities
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/pg_locale.h,v 1.24 2008/01/01 19:45:59 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/pg_locale.h,v 1.25 2008/05/19 18:08:16 tgl Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
@@ -17,11 +17,19 @@
 #include "utils/guc.h"
 
 
+/* GUC settings */
 extern char *locale_messages;
 extern char *locale_monetary;
 extern char *locale_numeric;
 extern char *locale_time;
 
+/* lc_time localization cache */
+extern char *localized_abbrev_days[];
+extern char *localized_full_days[];
+extern char *localized_abbrev_months[];
+extern char *localized_full_months[];
+
+
 extern const char *locale_messages_assign(const char *value,
 					   bool doit, GucSource source);
 extern const char *locale_monetary_assign(const char *value,
@@ -42,4 +50,6 @@ extern bool lc_ctype_is_c(void);
  */
 extern struct lconv *PGLC_localeconv(void);
 
+extern void cache_locale_time(void);
+
 #endif   /* _PG_LOCALE_ */