A simpler and less intrusive change is to edit /etc/init.d/fail2ban and add at the beginning of the file:
# see Debian bug #717330 export LC_TIME=C Only 1 file to change. -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
