diff --git a/omega/template.php b/omega/template.php
index a94c605..85bb4c6 100644
--- a/omega/template.php
+++ b/omega/template.php
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ function omega_alpha_preprocess_comment(&$vars) {
   if ($vars['status'] == 'comment-unpublished') {
     $vars['unpublished'] = '<div class="unpublished">' . t('Unpublished') . '</div>';
   }
+  $vars['submitted'] = t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array(
+    '!username' => $vars['author'],
+    '!datetime' => '<time datetime="' . $vars['datetime'] . '">' . $vars['created'] . '</time>'
+  ));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/omega/templates/comment.tpl.php b/omega/templates/comment.tpl.php
index 81f15dc..33c5812 100644
--- a/omega/templates/comment.tpl.php
+++ b/omega/templates/comment.tpl.php
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
   <?php print $picture; ?>
 
   <footer class="comment-submitted">
-   <?php
-      print t('Submitted by !username on !datetime',
-      array('!username' => $author, '!datetime' => '<time datetime="' . $datetime . '">' . $created . '</time>'));
-    ?>
+  <?php print $submitted; ?>
   </footer>
 
   <div<?php print $content_attributes; ?>>