diff --git a/javakdb/src/main/java/com/kx/c.java b/javakdb/src/main/java/com/kx/c.java
index 93f078a..2bfe5c6 100644
--- a/javakdb/src/main/java/com/kx/c.java
+++ b/javakdb/src/main/java/com/kx/c.java
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
@@ -2033,7 +2035,7 @@ public static Flip td(Object tbl) throws UnsupportedEncodingException{
    * @return String representation of int with zero padding
    */
   static String i2(int i){
-    return new DecimalFormat("00").format(i);
+    return new DecimalFormat("00",DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ROOT)).format(i);
   }
   /**
    * Creates a string from int with left padding of 0s, if less than 9 digits
@@ -2041,6 +2043,6 @@ static String i2(int i){
    * @return String representation of int with zero padding
    */
   static String i9(int i){
-    return new DecimalFormat("000000000").format(i);
+    return new DecimalFormat("000000000",DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.ROOT)).format(i);
   }
 }
diff --git a/javakdb/src/test/java/com/kx/CTest.java b/javakdb/src/test/java/com/kx/CTest.java
index 330ce2b..4d505e7 100644
--- a/javakdb/src/test/java/com/kx/CTest.java
+++ b/javakdb/src/test/java/com/kx/CTest.java
@@ -1105,6 +1105,23 @@ public void testTimespanToString()
         Assert.assertEquals("", mon.toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testTemporalToStringLocaleIndependent()
+    {
+        // The canonical kdb+ textual form of temporal types must always use ASCII digits,
+        // independent of the JVM default locale (e.g. Arabic-Indic digit locales).
+        java.util.Locale previous = java.util.Locale.getDefault();
+        try {
+            java.util.Locale.setDefault(java.util.Locale.forLanguageTag("ar-EG"));
+            Assert.assertEquals("2001-11", new c.Month(22).toString());
+            Assert.assertEquals("00:22", new c.Minute(22).toString());
+            Assert.assertEquals("00:00:22", new c.Second(22).toString());
+            Assert.assertEquals("00:00:00.000000022", new c.Timespan(22).toString());
+        } finally {
+            java.util.Locale.setDefault(previous);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testTimespanEquals()
     {