diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/44624-dnsmadeeasy-fix_locale.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/44624-dnsmadeeasy-fix_locale.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12536623cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/44624-dnsmadeeasy-fix_locale.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - dnsmadeeasy - force the date to be rendered with C (POSIX system default) locale as English short date names are required by API
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py
index d051f3d5b1..31186898f7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 import json
 import hashlib
 import hmac
+import locale
 from time import strftime, gmtime
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ class DME2(object):
         return headers
 
     def _get_date(self):
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, 'C')
         return strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", gmtime())
 
     def _create_hash(self, rightnow):