diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 53ac1a770..d7ae412e6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-10-12  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: 
+	0001252: Unicode error in NarrativeWeb.py in gramps3.0
+
 2007-10-12  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/unused.glade: Do not translate GTK stock ids.
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
index 976142837..9f643e8ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class BasePage:
         of.write('<div id="navheader">\n')
 
         value = _dp.parse(time.strftime('%b %d %Y'))
-        value = unicode(_dd.display(value), GrampsLocale.codeset)
+        value = _dd.display(value)
 
         msg = _('Generated by <a href="http://gramps-project.org">'
                 'GRAMPS</a> on %(date)s') % { 'date' : value }