diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php b/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
index 5aadf62b36..d96bfe6966 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ function populate_options() {
 	add_option('default_post_edit_rows', 9);
 	add_option('posts_per_page', 10);
 	add_option('what_to_show', 'posts');
-	add_option('date_format', 'F j, Y');
+	add_option('date_format', __('F j, Y'));
 	add_option('time_format', 'g:i a');
-	add_option('links_updated_date_format', 'F j, Y g:i a');
+	add_option('links_updated_date_format', __('F j, Y g:i a'));
 	add_option('links_recently_updated_prepend', '<em>');
 	add_option('links_recently_updated_append', '</em>');
 	add_option('links_recently_updated_time', 120);