diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php
index 650ac9e277..22a62f502e 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php
@@ -2,79 +2,25 @@
 
 namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories;
 
-use MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\ShortcodesHelper;
-
 class Date {
-  static $translations = array(
-    // l - full textual representation of the day of the week
-    'Monday' => 'Monday',
-    'Tuesday' => 'Tuesday',
-    'Wednesday' => 'Wednesday',
-    'Thursday' => 'Thursday',
-    'Friday' => 'Friday',
-    'Saturday' => 'Saturday',
-    'Sunday' => 'Sunday',
-    // D - textual representation of a day, three letters
-    'Mon' => 'Mon',
-    'Tue' => 'Tue',
-    'Wed' => 'Wed',
-    'Thu' => 'Thu',
-    'Fri' => 'Fri',
-    'Sat' => 'Sat',
-    'Sun' => 'Sun',
-    // F - full textual representation of a month
-    'January' => 'January',
-    'February' => 'February',
-    'March' => 'March',
-    'April' => 'April',
-    'May' => 'May',
-    'June' => 'June',
-    'July' => 'July',
-    'August' => 'August',
-    'September' => 'September',
-    'October' => 'October',
-    'November' => 'November',
-    'December' => 'December',
-    // M - short textual representation of a month, three letters
-    'Jan' => 'Jan',
-    'Feb' => 'Feb',
-    'Mar' => 'Mar',
-    'Apr' => 'Apr',
-    'May' => 'May',
-    'Jun' => 'Jun',
-    'Jul' => 'Jul',
-    'Aug' => 'Aug',
-    'Sep' => 'Sep',
-    'Oct' => 'Oct',
-    'Nov' => 'Nov',
-    'Dec' => 'Dec',
-    // a - lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
-    'am' => 'am',
-    'pm' => 'pm',
-    // A - uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
-    'AM' => 'AM',
-    'PM' => 'PM'
-  );
-
   static function process(
     $action,
     $action_argument = false,
     $action_argument_value = false
   ) {
-    $date = new \DateTime(current_time('mysql'));
-    $action_formats = array(
-      'd' => $date->format('d'),
-      'dordinal' => $date->format('dS'),
-      'dtext' => $date->format('l'),
-      'm' => $date->format('m'),
-      'mtext' => $date->format('F'),
-      'y' => $date->format('Y')
+    $action_mapping = array(
+      'd' => 'd',
+      'dordinal' => 'dS',
+      'dtext' => 'l',
+      'm' => 'm',
+      'mtext' => 'F',
+      'y' => 'Y'
     );
-    if(!empty($action_formats[$action])) {
-      return ShortcodesHelper::translateShortcode(self::$translations, $action_formats[$action]);
+    if(!empty($action_mapping[$action])) {
+      return date_i18n($action_mapping[$action], current_time('timestamp'));
     }
     return ($action === 'custom' && $action_argument === 'format') ?
-      ShortcodesHelper::translateShortcode(self::$translations, $date->format($action_argument_value)) :
+      date_i18n($action_argument_value, current_time('timestamp')) :
       false;
   }
 }
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diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/ShortcodesHelper.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/ShortcodesHelper.php
index ed2daa6558..eb4a368e23 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/ShortcodesHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/ShortcodesHelper.php
@@ -123,17 +123,4 @@ class ShortcodesHelper {
       );
     }, $custom_fields);
   }
-
-  static function translateShortcode($translations, $shortcode) {
-    $translations = self::prepareTranslations($translations);
-    return str_replace(array_keys($translations), array_values($translations), $shortcode);
-  }
-
-  static function prepareTranslations($translations = array()) {
-    $prepared_translations = array();
-    foreach($translations as $key => $translation) {
-      $prepared_translations[$key] = __($translation, 'mailpoet');
-    }
-    return $prepared_translations;
-  }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesHelperTest.php
index 7f8126680f..1044bcbaed 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesHelperTest.php
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ class ShortcodesHelperTest extends \MailPoetTest {
       ->equals('[subscriber:cf_' . $custom_field->id . ']');
   }
 
-  function testItTranslatesShortcodes() {
-    $translations = array(
-      '1' => 'one',
-      '2' => 'two'
-    );
-    $shortcode = '1 & 2';
-    expect(ShortcodesHelper::translateShortcode($translations, $shortcode))->equals('one & two');
-  }
-
   function _after() {
     \ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . CustomField::$_table);
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
index 6ff654d287..b98bb8abf2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
@@ -81,48 +81,14 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends \MailPoetTest {
 
   function testItCanProcessDateShortcodes() {
     $date = new \DateTime(current_time('mysql'));
-    expect(Date::process('d'))->equals($date->format('d'));
-    expect(Date::process('dordinal'))->equals($date->format('dS'));
-    expect(Date::process('dtext'))->equals($date->format('l'));
-    expect(Date::process('m'))->equals($date->format('m'));
-    expect(Date::process('mtext'))->equals($date->format('F'));
-    expect(Date::process('y'))->equals($date->format('Y'));
+    expect(Date::process('d'))->equals(date_i18n('d', current_time('timestamp')));
+    expect(Date::process('dordinal'))->equals(date_i18n('dS', current_time('timestamp')));
+    expect(Date::process('dtext'))->equals(date_i18n('l', current_time('timestamp')));
+    expect(Date::process('m'))->equals(date_i18n('m', current_time('timestamp')));
+    expect(Date::process('mtext'))->equals(date_i18n('F', current_time('timestamp')));
+    expect(Date::process('y'))->equals(date_i18n('Y', current_time('timestamp')));
     // allow custom date formats (http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php)
-    expect(Date::process('custom', 'format', 'U'))->equals($date->format('U'));
-  }
-
-  function testItTranslatesDateShortcodes() {
-    $date = new \DateTime(current_time('mysql'));
-    $date_class = new Date();
-
-    // custom shortcodes are translated
-    $translatable_custom_shortcodes = array(
-      'l',
-      'D',
-      'F',
-      'M',
-      'a',
-      'A'
-    );
-    foreach($translatable_custom_shortcodes as $translatable_custom_shortcode) {
-      $date_class::$translations = array(
-        $date->format($translatable_custom_shortcode) => $date->format($translatable_custom_shortcode) . '_translated'
-      );
-      expect($date_class::process('custom', 'format', $translatable_custom_shortcode))->equals($date->format($translatable_custom_shortcode) . '_translated');
-    }
-
-    // regular shortcodes are translated
-    $translatable_shortcodes = array(
-      'mtext',
-      'dtext'
-    );
-    foreach($translatable_shortcodes as $translatable_shortcode) {
-      $date_formatted_shortcode = ($translatable_shortcode === 'mtext') ? $date->format('F') : $date->format('l');
-      $date_class::$translations = array(
-        $date_formatted_shortcode => $date_formatted_shortcode . '_translated'
-      );
-      expect($date_class::process($translatable_shortcode))->contains($date_formatted_shortcode . '_translated');
-    }
+    expect(Date::process('custom', 'format', 'U F'))->equals(date_i18n('U F', current_time('timestamp')));
   }
 
   function testItCanProcessNewsletterShortcodes() {