diff --git a/templates/comment.tpl.php b/templates/comment.tpl.php
index 96f8ec7..80f1abe 100644
--- a/templates/comment.tpl.php
+++ b/templates/comment.tpl.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 <div class="<?php print $classes; ?>"><div class="comment-inner clearfix">
   <?php print $picture;?>
-  <div class="submitted"><span class="author"><?php print $author; ?></span><span><?php print date("D, d/m/y", $comment->created);?></span></div>
+  <div class="submitted"><span class="author"><?php print $author; ?></span><span><?php print format_date($comment->created, 'short');?></span></div>
   <div class="content">
     <?php if ($title): ?>
       <h3 class="title" <?php print $title_attributes; ?>><?php print $title; ?></h3> 
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@
     <?php endif; ?> 
   </div>
   <div class="links"><?php print render($content['links']) ?></div>
-</div></div> <!-- /comment-inner, /comment -->
\ No newline at end of file
+</div></div> <!-- /comment-inner, /comment -->