diff --git a/cmd/web/templates.go b/cmd/web/templates.go
index 90996c1..768a643 100644
--- a/cmd/web/templates.go
+++ b/cmd/web/templates.go
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ type templateData struct {
 	Snippets    []*models.Snippet
 }
 
+func humanDate(t time.Time) string {
+	return t.Format("02 Jan 2006 at 15:04")
+}
+
+var functions = template.FuncMap{
+	"humanDate": humanDate,
+}
+
 func (app *application) newTemplateData(r *http.Request) *templateData {
 	return &templateData{
 		CurrentYear: time.Now().Year(),
@@ -31,7 +39,7 @@ func newTemplateCache() (map[string]*template.Template, error) {
 
 	for _, page := range pages {
 		name := filepath.Base(page)
-		ts, err := template.ParseFiles("./ui/html/base.tmpl")
+		ts, err := template.New(name).Funcs(functions).ParseFiles("./ui/html/base.tmpl")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl b/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl
index ea0b4ea..fa01fbf 100644
--- a/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl
+++ b/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         {{range .Snippets}}
         <tr>
             <td><a href='/snippet/view?id={{.ID}}'>{{.Title}}</a></td>
-            <td>{{.Created}}</td>
+            <td>{{humanDate .Created}}</td>
             <td>#{{.ID}}</td>
         </tr>
         {{end}}
diff --git a/ui/html/pages/view.tmpl b/ui/html/pages/view.tmpl
index 3cde544..2cc64d7 100644
--- a/ui/html/pages/view.tmpl
+++ b/ui/html/pages/view.tmpl
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
         </div>
         <pre><code>{{.Content}}</code></pre>
         <div class='metadata'>
-            <time>Created: {{.Created}}</time>
-            <time>Expires: {{.Expires}}</time>
+            <time>Created: {{humanDate .Created}}</time>
+            <time>Expires: {{humanDate .Expires}}</time>
         </div>
 
     </div>