Index: bin/ls/print.c
===================================================================
--- bin/ls/print.c
+++ bin/ls/print.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <fts.h>
 #include <langinfo.h>
 #include <libutil.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@
 } colors[C_NUMCOLORS];
 #endif
 
+#define MAX_ABMON_WIDTH 5
+/* static list of month */
+static char abbreviated_months[12][ MAX_ABMON_WIDTH * 2 * MB_LEN_MAX ];
+static wchar_t wabbreviated_months[12][MAX_ABMON_WIDTH + 1];
+static size_t max_width_month = 0;
+
 void
 printscol(const DISPLAY *dp)
 {
@@ -138,6 +145,28 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static void
+populate_abbreviated_month(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	size_t len, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+		len = mbstowcs(wabbreviated_months[i], nl_langinfo(ABMON_1 + i),
+		    MAX_ABMON_WIDTH);
+		for (j = len; j < MAX_ABMON_WIDTH; j++)
+			wabbreviated_months[i][j] = L' ';
+		if (max_width_month < len)
+			max_width_month = len;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+		wabbreviated_months[i][max_width_month] = L'\0';
+		wcstombs(abbreviated_months[i], wabbreviated_months[i],
+		    sizeof(abbreviated_months[i]));
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * print name in current style
  */
@@ -425,6 +454,22 @@
 	xo_emit("{:device/%#*jx} ", (u_int)width, (uintmax_t)dev);
 }
 
+static size_t
+ls_strftime(char *str, size_t len, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm)
+{
+	char *posb, nfmt[BUFSIZ];
+	const char *format = fmt;
+	size_t ret;
+
+	if (max_width_month > 0 && (posb = strstr(fmt, "%b")) != NULL) {
+		snprintf(nfmt, sizeof(nfmt),  "%.*s%s%s", (int)(posb - fmt),
+		    fmt, abbreviated_months[tm->tm_mon], posb + 2);
+		format = nfmt;
+	}
+	ret = strftime(str, len, format, tm);
+	return (ret);
+}
+
 static void
 printtime(const char *field, time_t ftime)
 {
@@ -439,6 +484,9 @@
 	if (now == 0)
 		now = time(NULL);
 
+	if (max_width_month == 0)
+		populate_abbreviated_month();
+
 #define	SIXMONTHS	((365 / 2) * 86400)
 	if (f_timeformat)  /* user specified format */
 		format = f_timeformat;
@@ -451,7 +499,7 @@
 	else
 		/* mmm dd  yyyy || dd mmm  yyyy */
 		format = d_first ? "%e %b  %Y" : "%b %e  %Y";
-	strftime(longstring, sizeof(longstring), format, localtime(&ftime));
+	ls_strftime(longstring, sizeof(longstring), format, localtime(&ftime));
 
 	snprintf(fmt, sizeof(fmt), "{d:%s/%%hs} ", field);
 	xo_attr("value", "%ld", (long) ftime);