diff --git a/lib/sharedVariables.sh b/lib/sharedVariables.sh
index bf44a4d..2ee0e21 100755
--- a/lib/sharedVariables.sh
+++ b/lib/sharedVariables.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 # ##################################################
 # Shared bash functions used by my bash scripts.
 #
-# VERSION 1.0.0
+# VERSION 1.0.2
 #
 # HISTORY
 #
 # * 2015-01-02 - v1.0.0 - First Creation
 # * 2015-08-05 - v1.0.1 - Now has $hourstamp (10:34:40 PM)
+# * 2016-01-10 - v1.0.2 - Now has $longdate and set LC_ALL=C to all dates
 #
 # ##################################################
 
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ scriptBasename="$(basename ${scriptName} .sh)" # Strips '.sh' from scriptName
 # Prints the current date and time in a variety of formats:
 #
 # ------------------------------------------------------
-now=$(date +"%m-%d-%Y %r")        # Returns: 06-14-2015 10:34:40 PM
-datestamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)       # Returns: 2015-06-14
-hourstamp=$(date +%r)             # Returns: 10:34:40 PM
-timestamp=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)  # Returns: 20150614_223440
-today=$(date +"%m-%d-%Y")         # Returns: 06-14-2015
+now=$(LC_ALL=C date +"%m-%d-%Y %r")        # Returns: 06-14-2015 10:34:40 PM
+datestamp=$(LC_ALL=C date +%Y-%m-%d)       # Returns: 2015-06-14
+hourstamp=$(LC_ALL=C date +%r)             # Returns: 10:34:40 PM
+timestamp=$(LC_ALL=C date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)  # Returns: 20150614_223440
+today=$(LC_ALL=C date +"%m-%d-%Y")         # Returns: 06-14-2015
+longdate=$(LC_ALL=C date +"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")  # Returns: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 20:47:53 -0500
 
 # THISHOST
 # ------------------------------------------------------