diff --git a/src/utiltime.cpp b/src/utiltime.cpp
index 6e819e7af..17d51a2d6 100644
--- a/src/utiltime.cpp
+++ b/src/utiltime.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ void MilliSleep(int64_t n)
 
 std::string DateTimeStrFormat(const char* pszFormat, int64_t nTime)
 {
+    static std::locale classic(std::locale::classic());
     // std::locale takes ownership of the pointer
-    std::locale loc(std::locale::classic(), new boost::posix_time::time_facet(pszFormat));
+    std::locale loc(classic, new boost::posix_time::time_facet(pszFormat));
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss.imbue(loc);
     ss << boost::posix_time::from_time_t(nTime);