diff --git a/tom_base/formats/__init__.py b/tom_base/formats/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tom_base/formats/en/__init__.py b/tom_base/formats/en/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tom_base/formats/en/formats.py b/tom_base/formats/en/formats.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f0966c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tom_base/formats/en/formats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DATETIME_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'
+DATE_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d'
diff --git a/tom_base/settings.py b/tom_base/settings.py
index f37fe83a7..93c05025f 100644
--- a/tom_base/settings.py
+++ b/tom_base/settings.py
@@ -121,13 +121,9 @@
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
-USE_L10N = False
-
 USE_TZ = True
 
-DATETIME_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'
-DATE_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d'
-
+FORMAT_MODULE_PATH = 'tom_base.formats'
 
 # Caching
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/cache/#filesystem-caching