diff --git a/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb
index 4be36e1..337c147 100644
--- a/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/dates_helper.rb
@@ -2,24 +2,14 @@ require 'noosfero/i18n'
 
 module DatesHelper
 
-  # FIXME Date#strftime should translate this for us !!!!
-  MONTHS = [
-    N_('January'),
-    N_('February'),
-    N_('March'),
-    N_('April'),
-    N_('May'),
-    N_('June'),
-    N_('July'),
-    N_('August'),
-    N_('September'),
-    N_('October'),
-    N_('November'),
-    N_('December')
-  ]
-
-  def month_name(n)
-    _(MONTHS[n-1])
+  MONTHS = I18n.t('date.month_names')
+
+  def month_name(n, abbreviated = false)
+    if abbreviated
+      I18n.t('date.abbr_month_names')[n]
+    else
+      MONTHS[n]
+    end
   end
 
   # formats a date for displaying.
@@ -91,15 +81,7 @@ module DatesHelper
       _(date.strftime("%a"))
     else
       # FIXME Date#strftime should translate this for us !!!!
-      _([
-        N_('Sunday'),
-        N_('Monday'),
-        N_('Tuesday'),
-        N_('Wednesday'),
-        N_('Thursday'),
-        N_('Friday'),
-        N_('Saturday'),
-      ][date.wday])
+      I18n.t('date.day_names')[date.wday]
     end
   end
 
@@ -111,7 +93,7 @@ module DatesHelper
       date = date << 1
     end
     if opts[:only_month]
-      _('%{month}') % {:month => month_name(date.month.to_i) }
+      _('%{month}') % { :month => month_name(date.month.to_i) }
     else
       _('%{month} %{year}') % { :year => date.year, :month => month_name(date.month.to_i) }
     end
@@ -156,7 +138,7 @@ module DatesHelper
     else
       order = [:day, :month, :year]
     end
-    date_select(object, method, html_options.merge(options.merge(:include_blank => true, :order => order, :use_month_names => MONTHS.map {|item| gettext(item)})))
+    date_select(object, method, html_options.merge(options.merge(:include_blank => true, :order => order, :use_month_names => MONTHS)))
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/models/blog_archives_block.rb b/app/models/blog_archives_block.rb
index 62703e4..4368d93 100644
--- a/app/models/blog_archives_block.rb
+++ b/app/models/blog_archives_block.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class BlogArchivesBlock < Block
       results << content_tag('li', content_tag('strong', "#{year} (#{count})"))
       results << "<ul class='#{year}-archive'>"
       posts.except(:order).count(:all, :conditions => ['EXTRACT(YEAR FROM published_at)=?', year], :group => 'EXTRACT(MONTH FROM published_at)').sort_by {|month, count| -month.to_i}.each do |month, count|
-        month_name = gettext(MONTHS[month.to_i - 1])
-        results << content_tag('li', link_to("#{month_name} (#{count})", owner_blog.url.merge(:year => year, :month => month)))
+        results << content_tag('li', link_to("#{month_name(month.to_i)} (#{count})", owner_blog.url.merge(:year => year, :month => month)))
       end
       results << "</ul>"
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb
index 5d2e91c..6d82f1b 100644
--- a/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/dates_helper_test.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ class DatesHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   include DatesHelper
 
   should 'translate month names' do
-    expects(:_).with('January').returns('Janeiro')
-    assert_equal "Janeiro", month_name(1)
+    assert_equal "January", month_name(1)
+  end
+
+  should 'translate abbreviated month names' do
+    assert_equal "Sep", month_name(9, true)
   end
 
   should 'display date with translation' do
+    expects(:month_name).with(1).returns('Janeiro')
     expects(:_).with('%{month_name} %{day}, %{year}').returns('%{day} de %{month_name} de %{year}')
-    expects(:_).with('January').returns('Janeiro')
     assert_equal '11 de Janeiro de 2008', show_date(Date.new(2008, 1, 11))
   end
 
@@ -68,75 +71,48 @@ class DatesHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   should 'show day of week' do
-    expects(:_).with("Sunday").returns("Domingo")
-    date = mock
-    date.expects(:wday).returns(0)
-    assert_equal "Domingo", show_day_of_week(date)
+    assert_equal "Thursday", show_day_of_week(Date.new(2014,10,23))
   end
 
   should 'show abbreviated day of week' do
-    expects(:_).with("Sun").returns("Dom")
     date = Date.new(2009, 10, 25)
-    assert_equal "Dom", show_day_of_week(date, true)
+    assert_equal "Sun", show_day_of_week(date, true)
   end
 
   should 'show month' do
-    expects(:_).with('January').returns('January')
-    expects(:_).with('%{month} %{year}').returns('%{month} %{year}')
     assert_equal 'January 2008', show_month(2008, 1)
   end
 
   should 'fallback to current year/month in show_month' do
     Date.expects(:today).returns(Date.new(2008,11,1)).at_least_once
-
-    expects(:_).with('November').returns('November').at_least_once
-    expects(:_).with('%{month} %{year}').returns('%{month} %{year}').at_least_once
     assert_equal 'November 2008', show_month(nil, nil)
     assert_equal 'November 2008', show_month('', '')
   end
 
   should 'show next month' do
-    expects(:_).with('November').returns('November').at_least_once
-    expects(:_).with('%{month} %{year}').returns('%{month} %{year}').at_least_once
     assert_equal 'November 2009', show_month(2009, 10, :next => true)
   end
 
   should 'show previous month' do
-    expects(:_).with('September').returns('September').at_least_once
-    expects(:_).with('%{month} %{year}').returns('%{month} %{year}').at_least_once
     assert_equal 'September 2009', show_month(2009, 10, :previous => true)
   end
 
   should 'provide an intertionalized date selector pass month names' do
-    expects(:gettext).with('January').returns('January')
-    expects(:gettext).with('February').returns('February')
-    expects(:gettext).with('March').returns('March')
-    expects(:gettext).with('April').returns('April')
-    expects(:gettext).with('May').returns('May')
-    expects(:gettext).with('June').returns('June')
-    expects(:gettext).with('July').returns('July')
-    expects(:gettext).with('August').returns('August')
-    expects(:gettext).with('September').returns('September')
-    expects(:gettext).with('October').returns('October')
-    expects(:gettext).with('November').returns('November')
-    expects(:gettext).with('December').returns('December')
     expects(:language).returns('en')
-
-    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, { :include_blank => true, :order => [:month, :day, :year], :use_month_names => ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']}).returns("KKKKKKKK")
-
+    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, { :include_blank => true, :order => [:month, :day, :year], :use_month_names => MONTHS }).returns("KKKKKKKK")
     assert_equal 'KKKKKKKK', pick_date(:object, :method)
   end
 
   should 'order date in english like month day year' do
-    expects(:language).returns("en")
-    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, { :include_blank => true, :order => [:month, :day, :year], :use_month_names => ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']}).returns("KKKKKKKK")
+    expects(:language).returns('en')
+    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, { :include_blank => true, :order => [:month, :day, :year], :use_month_names => MONTHS }).returns("KKKKKKKK")
 
     assert_equal 'KKKKKKKK', pick_date(:object, :method)
   end
 
   should 'order date in other languages like day month year' do
     expects(:language).returns('pt_BR')
-    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, { :include_blank => true, :order => [:day, :month, :year], :use_month_names => ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']}).returns("KKKKKKKK")
+    expects(:date_select).with(:object, :method, { :include_blank => true, :order => [:day, :month, :year], :use_month_names => MONTHS }).returns("KKKKKKKK")
 
     assert_equal 'KKKKKKKK', pick_date(:object, :method)
   end
@@ -151,9 +127,7 @@ class DatesHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   should 'translate time' do
     time = Time.parse('25 May 2009, 12:47')
-    expects(:_).with('%{day} %{month} %{year}, %{hour}:%{minutes}').returns('translated time')
-    stubs(:_).with('May').returns("Maio")
-    assert_equal 'translated time', show_time(time)
+    assert_equal '25 May 2009, 12:47', show_time(time)
   end
 
   should 'handle nil time' do
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