diff --git a/share/timedef/de_DE.ISO8859-1.src b/share/timedef/de_DE.ISO8859-1.src
index b890126b577..16b7532036b 100644
--- a/share/timedef/de_DE.ISO8859-1.src
+++ b/share/timedef/de_DE.ISO8859-1.src
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ Samstag
 #
 # x_fmt
 #
-%Y-%m-%d
+# Note about the new DIN5008, ISO8601 and EN28601 format of %Y-%m-%d:
+# A quick poll on IRC and the -doc mailinglist (June 2009) showed that
+# this format was not used often enough to push this change through.
+#
+%d.%m.%Y
 #
 # c_fmt
 #
diff --git a/share/timedef/de_DE.UTF-8.src b/share/timedef/de_DE.UTF-8.src
index 559566d6237..96f0e9f99cd 100644
--- a/share/timedef/de_DE.UTF-8.src
+++ b/share/timedef/de_DE.UTF-8.src
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ Samstag
 #
 # x_fmt
 #
-%Y-%m-%d
+# Note about the new DIN5008, ISO8601 and EN28601 format of %Y-%m-%d:
+# A quick poll on IRC and the -doc mailinglist (June 2009) showed that
+# this format was not used often enough to push this change through.
+#
+%d.%m.%Y
 #
 # c_fmt
 #