diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index 7b438aa..1c233ca 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <header class="post-header">
     {{ safeHTML (.Scratch.Get `firstEmoji`) }}
     <h2 class="post-title">{{ .Title }}</h2>
-    <p class="post-meta">{{ .Date.Format "2006.1.2" }}</p>
+    <p class="post-meta">{{ .Date.Format "Jan 2, 2006" }}</p>
     
   </header>
   <p class="post-summary">{{ .Summary | plainify | htmlUnescape }}...</p>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 3076acc..5892a67 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     <p class="post-meta">
       {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author -}}
       {{ .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }} · {{ end }}
-      {{- .Date.Format "2006.1.2" -}}
+      {{- .Date.Format "Jan 2, 2006" -}}
+      
     </p>
   </header>
   <div class="post-content">{{ .Content }}</div>