diff --git a/mercurial/debugcommands.py b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
--- a/mercurial/debugcommands.py
+++ b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
@@ -725,7 +725,8 @@
             mode = 'lnk'
         else:
             mode = '%3o' % (ent[1] & 0o777 & ~util.umask)
-        ui.write("%c %s %10d %s%s\n" % (ent[0], mode, ent[2], timestr, file_))
+        ui.write("%c %s %10d %s%s\n" % (ent[0], mode, ent[2],
+                 encoding.strtolocal(timestr), file_))
     for f in repo.dirstate.copies():
         ui.write(_("copy: %s -> %s\n") % (repo.dirstate.copied(f), f))