title: Forcing "date" to use a locale other than the machine default
body: <p>Is there a way to force the *nix command "date" to output in a specific format independent of the local? For example, if I call "date -u" today, on a US machine I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Mon Oct 15 13:15:29 UTC 2012
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but on a German machine I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Mo 15. Okt 13:15:31 UTC 2012
  </code></pre>