diff --git a/config/dates.php b/config/dates.php
index deb9692..5a04fcc 100644
--- a/config/dates.php
+++ b/config/dates.php
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ $dates  = array('fairdate' => array() ,
 	$v = $r->date;
 	/* See if $v is something resembling a valid date */
 	if(!ereg("([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2})", $v, $d)) {
-		$error_ids[$r->id] = "Invalid date format";
+		$error_ids[$r->id] = i18n("Invalid date format");
 	} else if($d[3]==0 || $d[2]==0 || $d[1]==0) {
-		$error_ids[$r->id] = "Invalid date";
+		$error_ids[$r->id] = i18n("Invalid date");
 	}
  }
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ chkafter('fairdate','postwinners');
 foreach($dates as $d) {
 	$e = '';
 	if($error_ids[$d['id']]) {
-		$e = "<font color=red size=-1>* ".i18n($error_ids[$d['id']])."</font>";
+		$e = "<font color=red size=-1>* ".$error_ids[$d['id']]."</font>";
 	}
 	echo "<tr><td>".i18n($d['description'])."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"savedates[{$d['id']}]\" value=\"{$d['date']}\" />{$e}</td></tr>";
 }