diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities
index a0a145a4b5..e4a8d2695c 160000
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a0a145a4b534721148da362a3bae3befc8d65121
+Subproject commit e4a8d2695c34ab7977fcf2a73720546c1c43560c
diff --git a/test/tests/dateTest.js b/test/tests/dateTest.js
index 5d6ba7520c..6dcf84d2b2 100644
--- a/test/tests/dateTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/dateTest.js
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ describe("Zotero.Date", function() {
 	})
 	
 	describe("#strToDate()", function () {
+		beforeEach(function () {
+			if (Zotero.locale != 'en-US') {
+				Zotero.locale = 'en-US';
+				Zotero.Date.init();
+			}
+		});
+		
 		it("should return object without date parts for null", function () {
 			var o = Zotero.Date.strToDate(null);
 			assert.notProperty(o, 'year');
@@ -189,6 +196,15 @@ describe("Zotero.Date", function() {
 			assert.notProperty(o, 'year');
 		});
 		
+		it("should parse Chinese month", function () {
+			Zotero.locale = 'zh-CN';
+			Zotero.Date.init();
+			var o = Zotero.Date.strToDate("四月 26, 2010");
+			assert.equal(o.month, 3);
+			assert.equal(o.day, 26);
+			assert.equal(o.year, 2010);
+		});
+		
 		it("should parse two- and three-digit dates with leading zeros", function () {
 			var o;