diff --git a/includes/SemanticData.php b/includes/SemanticData.php
index 14f71fa1b9..eb679ebcfe 100644
--- a/includes/SemanticData.php
+++ b/includes/SemanticData.php
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ public function findSubSemanticData( $subobjectName ) {
 	 */
 	public function addSubSemanticData( SemanticData $semanticData ) {
 
+		$semanticData->setLastModified( $this->getLastModified() );
 		$this->hash = null;
 
 		if ( $this->subContainerDepthCounter > $this->subContainerMaxDepth ) {
diff --git a/includes/datavalues/SMW_DataValue.php b/includes/datavalues/SMW_DataValue.php
index 5913518750..2d44a9513e 100644
--- a/includes/datavalues/SMW_DataValue.php
+++ b/includes/datavalues/SMW_DataValue.php
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ abstract class SMWDataValue {
 	 */
 	protected $m_outformat = false;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $languageCode = '';
+
 	/**
 	 * Used to control the addition of the standard search link.
 	 * @var boolean
@@ -269,6 +274,24 @@ public function getProperty() {
 		return $this->m_property;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 2.4
+	 *
+	 * @param string $languageCode
+	 */
+	public function setLanguageCode( $languageCode ) {
+		$this->languageCode = $languageCode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 2.4
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getLanguageCode() {
+		return $this->languageCode;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify the wiki page to which this value refers. This information is
 	 * used to parse user values such as "#subsection" which only make sense
diff --git a/includes/specials/SMW_SpecialBrowse.php b/includes/specials/SMW_SpecialBrowse.php
index 28bca60b81..2cbd10078d 100644
--- a/includes/specials/SMW_SpecialBrowse.php
+++ b/includes/specials/SMW_SpecialBrowse.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use SMW\DIProperty;
 use SMW\UrlEncoder;
+use SMW\Localizer;
 
 /**
  * @ingroup SMWSpecialPage
@@ -251,6 +252,11 @@ private function displayData( SMWSemanticData $data, $left = true, $incoming = f
 	private function displayValue( SMWPropertyValue $property, SMWDataValue $dataValue, $incoming ) {
 		$linker = smwfGetLinker();
 
+		// Allow the DV formatter to access a specific language code
+		$dataValue->setLanguageCode(
+			Localizer::getInstance()->getUserLanguage()->getCode()
+		);
+
 		$html = $dataValue->getLongHTMLText( $linker );
 
 		if ( $dataValue->getTypeID() === '_wpg' || $dataValue->getTypeID() === '__sob' ) {
diff --git a/includes/storage/SMW_ResultArray.php b/includes/storage/SMW_ResultArray.php
index 07bbde64b7..9ec5af8390 100644
--- a/includes/storage/SMW_ResultArray.php
+++ b/includes/storage/SMW_ResultArray.php
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ public function getNextDataValue() {
 		if ( $this->mPrintRequest->getOutputFormat() ) {
 			$dv->setOutputFormat( $this->mPrintRequest->getOutputFormat() );
 		}
+
+		// Allow the DV formatter to access a specific language code
+		$dv->setLanguageCode(
+			\SMW\Localizer::getInstance()->getUserLanguage()->getCode()
+		);
+
 		return $dv;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/DataValues/ValueFormatters/TimeValueFormatter.php b/src/DataValues/ValueFormatters/TimeValueFormatter.php
index 116a85977a..e3856e5116 100644
--- a/src/DataValues/ValueFormatters/TimeValueFormatter.php
+++ b/src/DataValues/ValueFormatters/TimeValueFormatter.php
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ public function getMediaWikiDate() {
 	 */
 	public function getCaptionFromDataItem( DITime $dataItem ) {
 
-		$extraneousLanguage = Localizer::getInstance()->getExtraneousLanguage();
+		// If the language code is empty then the content language code is used
+		$extraneousLanguage = Localizer::getInstance()->getExtraneousLanguage(
+			$this->dataValue->getLanguageCode()
+		);
 
 		// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
 		// "...placing the "AD" abbreviation before the year number ... BC is
diff --git a/src/Localizer.php b/src/Localizer.php
index eb7eab2e28..c473517464 100644
--- a/src/Localizer.php
+++ b/src/Localizer.php
@@ -74,10 +74,17 @@ public function getUserLanguage() {
 	/**
 	 * @since 2.4
 	 *
+	 * @param string $languageCode
+	 *
 	 * @return ExtraneousLanguage
 	 */
-	public function getExtraneousLanguage() {
-		return $GLOBALS['smwgContLang'];
+	public function getExtraneousLanguage( $languageCode = '' ) {
+
+		if ( $languageCode === '' ) {
+			$languageCode = $this->getContentLanguage()->getCode();
+		}
+
+		return ExtraneousLanguage::getInstance()->fetchByLanguageCode( $languageCode );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/Unit/LocalizerTest.php b/tests/phpunit/Unit/LocalizerTest.php
index fa21f7a875..4b994e32b5 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/Unit/LocalizerTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/Unit/LocalizerTest.php
@@ -161,4 +161,19 @@ public function testCanNotGetLanguageCodeOnMissingLanguageCode() {
 		);
 	}
 
+	public function testExtraneousLanguage() {
+
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(
+			'\SMW\ExtraneousLanguage',
+			Localizer::getInstance()->getExtraneousLanguage()
+		);
+
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(
+			'\SMW\ExtraneousLanguage',
+			Localizer::getInstance()->getExtraneousLanguage( 'en' )
+		);
+
+		Localizer::clear();
+	}
+
 }