diff --git a/models/AlertTableModel.cpp b/models/AlertTableModel.cpp
index bfa248ca..d36231e1 100644
--- a/models/AlertTableModel.cpp
+++ b/models/AlertTableModel.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ QVariant AlertTableModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
         case COLUMN_FREQ: return QSTRING_FREQ(selectedRecord.alert.spot.freq);
         case COLUMN_MODE: return selectedRecord.alert.spot.modeGroupString;
         case COLUMN_UPDATED: return selectedRecord.counter;
-        case COLUMN_LAST_UPDATE: return selectedRecord.alert.spot.dateTime.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
+        case COLUMN_LAST_UPDATE: return locale.toString(selectedRecord.alert.spot.dateTime,locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
         case COLUMN_LAST_COMMENT: return selectedRecord.alert.spot.comment;
         case COLUMN_MEMBER: return selectedRecord.alert.spot.memberList2StringList().join(",");
         default: return QVariant();
diff --git a/ui/BandmapWidget.cpp b/ui/BandmapWidget.cpp
index 98322751..15043f58 100644
--- a/ui/BandmapWidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/BandmapWidget.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void BandmapWidget::updateStations()
                                                   QPen(QColor(192,192,192))));
 
         const QString &callsignTmp = lower.value().callsign;
-        const QString &timeTmp = lower.value().dateTime.toString(locale.formatTimeShort());
+        const QString &timeTmp = locale.toString(lower.value().dateTime, locale.formatTimeShort());
 
         QGraphicsTextItem* text = bandmapScene->addText(callsignTmp + " @ " + timeTmp);
         text->document()->setDocumentMargin(0);
diff --git a/ui/ClockWidget.cpp b/ui/ClockWidget.cpp
index 39615cb1..412c0037 100644
--- a/ui/ClockWidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/ClockWidget.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void ClockWidget::updateClock()
     QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTimeZone(QTimeZone::utc());
     QColor textColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Text);
     clockItem->setDefaultTextColor(textColor);
-    clockItem->setPlainText(now.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ()));
+    clockItem->setPlainText(locale.toString(now, locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ()));
 
     if (now.time().second() == 0)
     {
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ void ClockWidget::updateSun()
         sunrise = QTime::fromMSecsSinceStartOfDay(static_cast<int>(fmod(Jrise, 1.0) * MSECS_PER_DAY));
         sunset = QTime::fromMSecsSinceStartOfDay(static_cast<int>(fmod(Jset, 1.0) * MSECS_PER_DAY));
 
-        ui->sunRiseLabel->setText(sunrise.toString(locale.formatTimeShort()));
-        ui->sunSetLabel->setText(sunset.toString(locale.formatTimeShort()));
+        ui->sunRiseLabel->setText(locale.toString(sunrise, locale.formatTimeShort()));
+        ui->sunSetLabel->setText(locale.toString(sunset, locale.formatTimeShort()));
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/ui/DxWidget.cpp b/ui/DxWidget.cpp
index 25dbf36c..d0f5026a 100644
--- a/ui/DxWidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/DxWidget.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ QVariant DxTableModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
         switch ( index.column() )
         {
         case 0:
-            return spot.dateTime.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
+            return locale.toString(spot.dateTime, locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
         case 1:
             return spot.callsign;
         case 2:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ QVariant WCYTableModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
         switch ( index.column() )
         {
         case 0:
-            return spot.time.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
+            return locale.toString(spot.time, locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
         case 1:
             return spot.KIndex;
         case 2:
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ QVariant WWVTableModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
         switch ( index.column() )
         {
         case 0:
-            return spot.time.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
+            return locale.toString(spot.time, locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
         case 1:
             return spot.SFI;
         case 2:
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ QVariant ToAllTableModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
 
         switch (index.column()) {
         case 0:
-            return spot.time.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
+            return locale.toString(spot.time, locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
         case 1:
             return spot.spotter;
         case 2:
diff --git a/ui/ImportDialog.cpp b/ui/ImportDialog.cpp
index a670f744..deb390c2 100644
--- a/ui/ImportDialog.cpp
+++ b/ui/ImportDialog.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void ImportDialog::saveImportDetails(const QString &importDetail, const QString
             QTextStream out(&file);
             out << tr("QLog Import Summary") << "\n"
                 << "\n"
-                << tr("Import date") << ": " << currTime.toString(locale.formatDateShortWithYYYY()) << " " << currTime.toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ()) << " UTC\n"
+                << tr("Import date") << ": " << currTime.toString(locale.formatDateShortWithYYYY()) << " " << locale.toString(currTime, locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ()) << " UTC\n"
                 << tr("Imported file") << ": " << filename
                 << "\n\n"
                 << tr("Imported: %n contact(s)", "", count) << "\n"
diff --git a/ui/NewContactWidget.cpp b/ui/NewContactWidget.cpp
index f409cf0d..0d29ce7e 100644
--- a/ui/NewContactWidget.cpp
+++ b/ui/NewContactWidget.cpp
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ void NewContactWidget::updatePartnerLocTime()
 
     if ( partnerTimeZone.isValid() )
     {
-        ui->partnerLocTimeInfo->setText(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTimeZone(partnerTimeZone).toString(locale.formatTimeLong())
+        ui->partnerLocTimeInfo->setText(locale.toString(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTimeZone(partnerTimeZone), locale.formatTimeLong())
                                         + " (" + getGreeting() +")");
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/StyleItemDelegate.h b/ui/StyleItemDelegate.h
index f60730cf..002620ed 100644
--- a/ui/StyleItemDelegate.h
+++ b/ui/StyleItemDelegate.h
@@ -88,21 +88,6 @@ class DateFormatDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate {
     }
 };
 
-class TimeFormatDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate {
-private:
-    LogLocale locale;
-public:
-    TimeFormatDelegate(QObject* parent = 0) :
-        QStyledItemDelegate(parent) { }
-
-    QString displayText(const QVariant& value, const QLocale&) const
-    {
-        // own Locale
-
-        return value.toTime().toString(locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
-    }
-};
-
 class TimestampFormatDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate {
 private:
     LogLocale locale;
@@ -112,8 +97,9 @@ class TimestampFormatDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate {
 
     QString displayText(const QVariant& value, const QLocale&) const
     {
-        // own Locale
-        return value.toDateTime().toTimeZone(QTimeZone::utc()).toString(locale.formatDateShortWithYYYY() + " " + locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
+        return locale.toString(value.toDateTime().toTimeZone(QTimeZone::utc()), locale.formatDateShortWithYYYY()
+                                                                                + " "
+                                                                                + locale.formatTimeLongWithoutTZ());
     }
 
     QWidget* createEditor(QWidget* parent,