diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
index 1ca67d0f..10b65cfc 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ package de.schildbach.pte;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -1995,9 +1993,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 	protected String xsltTripRequestParameters(final Location from, final Location via, final Location to, final Date date, final boolean dep,
 			final Collection<Product> products, final WalkSpeed walkSpeed, final Accessibility accessibility, final Set<Option> options)
 	{
-		final DateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd", Locale.US);
-		final DateFormat TIME_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("HHmm", Locale.US);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder();
 		appendCommonRequestParams(uri, "XML");
 
@@ -2012,8 +2007,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		if (via != null)
 			appendLocation(uri, via, "via");
 
-		uri.append("&itdDate=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(DATE_FORMAT.format(date)));
-		uri.append("&itdTime=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(TIME_FORMAT.format(date)));
+		final Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar(timeZone);
+		c.setTime(date);
+		final int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+		final int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
+		final int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
+		final int hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
+		final int minute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
+		uri.append("&itdDate=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%04d%02d%02d", year, month, day)));
+		uri.append("&itdTime=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%02d%02d", hour, minute)));
+
 		uri.append("&itdTripDateTimeDepArr=").append(dep ? "dep" : "arr");
 
 		uri.append("&calcNumberOfTrips=").append(numTripsRequested);
diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
index 1dba6e30..18b11f9e 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
@@ -711,12 +711,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractHafasProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 		final Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar(timeZone);
 		c.setTime(date);
-		final String dateStr = useIso8601 ? String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%04d-%02d-%02d", c.get(Calendar.YEAR), c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1,
-				c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)) : String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%02d.%02d.%02d", c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH),
-				c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1, c.get(Calendar.YEAR) - 2000);
-		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyDate=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(dateStr));
-		final String timeStr = String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%02d:%02d", c.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY), c.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
-		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyTime=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(timeStr));
+		final int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+		final int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
+		final int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
+		final int hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
+		final int minute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
+		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyDate=").append(
+				ParserUtils.urlEncode(useIso8601 ? String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%04d-%02d-%02d", year, month, day) : String.format(Locale.ENGLISH,
+						"%02d.%02d.%02d", day, month, year - 2000)));
+		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyTime=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%02d:%02d", hour, minute)));
 
 		final StringBuilder productsStr = new StringBuilder(numProductBits);
 		if (products != null)