So that the $Config{cf_time} is in English format.
Technique similar to that of forcing awk to use . as the radix character.
p5p-msgid:
199708061827.VAA09623@alpha.hut.fi
: who configured the system
-cf_time=`$date 2>&1`
+cf_time=`LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; $date 2>&1`
cf_by=`(logname) 2>/dev/null`
case "$cf_by" in "")
cf_by=`(whoami) 2>/dev/null`