I seem to be taking a wrong turn somewhere. Running find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/grep D_FMT in /usr/include for the installed 1.1.4 yields:
./langinfo.h:#define D_FMT 0x20029
./langinfo.h:#define ERA_D_FMT 0x2002E
Pulling the latest sources and running the same command in gitdir yields:
./src/time/strptime.c: s = strptime(s, nl_langinfo(D_FMT), tm);
./src/time/strftime.c: item = D_FMT;
./include/langinfo.h:#define D_FMT 0x20029
./include/langinfo.h:#define ERA_D_FMT 0x2002E
Neither directory yields a result for DATE_FMT. Am I botching the unix-fu, barking up the wrong tree or something else entirely?