diff --git a/renderer/renderer.go b/renderer/renderer.go
index efc412d..4065312 100644
--- a/renderer/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer/renderer.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func NewRenderer(templateGlobPattern string) (r *renderer, err error) {
 		"DisplayInteractionCount": DisplayInteractionCount,
 		"TimeSince":               TimeSince,
 		"FormatTimeRFC3339":       FormatTimeRFC3339,
+		"FormatTimeRFC822":        FormatTimeRFC822,
 	}).ParseGlob(templateGlobPattern)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -175,3 +176,7 @@ func TimeSince(t time.Time) string {
 func FormatTimeRFC3339(t time.Time) string {
 	return t.Format(time.RFC3339)
 }
+
+func FormatTimeRFC822(t time.Time) string {
+	return t.Format(time.RFC822)
+}
diff --git a/templates/status.tmpl b/templates/status.tmpl
index 669fca8..24c318f 100644
--- a/templates/status.tmpl
+++ b/templates/status.tmpl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 				</div>
 				<div class="status-action">
 					<a class="status-time" href="/thread/{{.ID}}#status-{{.ID}}" {{if .ThreadInNewTab}}target="_blank"{{end}}> 
-						<time datetime="{{FormatTimeRFC3339 .CreatedAt}}" title="{{.CreatedAt}}"> {{TimeSince .CreatedAt}} </time> 
+						<time datetime="{{FormatTimeRFC3339 .CreatedAt}}" title="{{FormatTimeRFC822 .CreatedAt}}"> {{TimeSince .CreatedAt}} </time> 
 					</a>
 				</div>
 			</div>