diff --git a/openslides/utils/pdf.py b/openslides/utils/pdf.py
index 8dbc727a6..81af42171 100755
--- a/openslides/utils/pdf.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/pdf.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont
 from reportlab.rl_config import defaultPageSize
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+# Import gettext for python 2.5 support
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, gettext
 
 from openslides.config.models import config
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ def firstPage(canvas, doc):
 
     # time
     canvas.setFont('Ubuntu', 7)
-    time = datetime.now().strftime(_("%Y-%m-%d %H:%Mh"))
+    time = datetime.now().strftime(gettext("%Y-%m-%d %H:%Mh"))
     canvas.drawString(15 * cm, 28 * cm, _("Printed: %s") % time)
 
     # title