diff --git a/src/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php b/src/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php
index a7b9ac7ec1..fa58e2440a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ do_action( 'rss_tag_pre', 'rss2' );
 	<description><?php bloginfo_rss("description") ?></description>
 	<lastBuildDate><?php
 		$date = get_lastpostmodified( 'GMT' );
-		echo $date ? mysql2date( 'D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', $date ) : date( 'D, d M Y H:i:s +0000' );
+		echo $date ? mysql2date( 'D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', $date, false ) : date( 'D, d M Y H:i:s +0000' );
 	?></lastBuildDate>
 	<language><?php bloginfo_rss( 'language' ); ?></language>
 	<sy:updatePeriod><?php
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/rss2.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/rss2.php
index 7166d6b077..fab3726e6c 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/rss2.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/feed/rss2.php
@@ -135,6 +135,33 @@ class Tests_Feeds_RSS2 extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( strtotime( get_lastpostmodified() ), strtotime( $pubdate[0]['content'] ) );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Test that translated feeds have a valid listed date.
+	 * @group 39141
+	 */
+	function test_channel_pubdate_element_translated() {
+		$original_locale = $GLOBALS['wp_locale'];
+		/* @var WP_Locale $locale */
+		$locale = clone $GLOBALS['wp_locale'];
+
+		$locale->weekday[2] = 'Tuesday_Translated';
+		$locale->weekday_abbrev[ 'Tuesday_Translated' ] = 'Tue_Translated';
+
+		$GLOBALS['wp_locale'] = $locale;
+
+		$this->go_to( '/?feed=rss2' );
+		$feed = $this->do_rss2();
+
+		// Restore original locale.
+		$GLOBALS['wp_locale'] = $original_locale;
+
+		$xml = xml_to_array( $feed );
+
+		// Verify the date is untranslated.
+		$pubdate = xml_find( $xml, 'rss', 'channel', 'lastBuildDate' );
+		$this->assertNotContains( 'Tue_Translated', $pubdate[0]['content'] );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @ticket UT32
 	 */