diff --git a/in.html b/in.html
index d1437e8..a9f63e6 100644
--- a/in.html
+++ b/in.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <small class="source">
         via <a href="{{.SourceLink}}">{{.SourceTitle}}</a>
       </small>
-      <small class="date">{{.Date | date}}</small>
+      <small class="date">{{.Date | datef "January 2, 2006"}}</small>
     </div>
     {{end}}
   </section>
diff --git a/openring.go b/openring.go
index cbaba1f..4f74631 100644
--- a/openring.go
+++ b/openring.go
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ func main() {
 			"date": func(t time.Time) string {
 				return t.Format("January 2, 2006")
 			},
+			"datef": func(fmt string, t time.Time) string {
+				return t.Format(fmt)
+			},
 		}).
 		Parse(string(input))
 	if err != nil {