diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/book/publisher_info.html b/bookwyrm/templates/book/publisher_info.html
index a16332c5..ca9265c5 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/book/publisher_info.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/book/publisher_info.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 {% endif %}
 
 <p>
-    {% with date=book.published_date|date:'M jS Y' publisher=book.publishers|join:', ' %}
+    {% with date=book.published_date|date:'M j Y' publisher=book.publishers|join:', ' %}
         {% if date or book.first_published_date %}
             <meta
                 itemprop="datePublished"
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/status_body.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/status_body.html
index ffa71d5e..0eff4ea9 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/status_body.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/status_body.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="card-footer-item">
-    <a href="{{ status.remote_id }}">{{ status.published_date | post_date }}</a>
+    <a href="{{ status.remote_id }}">{{ status.published_date|timesince }}</a>
 </div>
 {% if not moderation_mode %}
 <div class="card-footer-item">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_tags.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_tags.py
index 775c6190..33cf35c9 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_tags.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/bookwyrm_tags.py
@@ -133,28 +133,6 @@ def get_uuid(identifier):
     return "%s%s" % (identifier, uuid4())
 
 
-@register.filter(name="post_date")
-def time_since(date):
-    """ concise time ago function """
-    if not isinstance(date, datetime):
-        return ""
-    now = timezone.now()
-
-    if date < (now - relativedelta(weeks=1)):
-        formatter = "%b %-d"
-        if date.year != now.year:
-            formatter += " %Y"
-        return date.strftime(formatter)
-    delta = relativedelta(now, date)
-    if delta.days:
-        return "%dd" % delta.days
-    if delta.hours:
-        return "%dh" % delta.hours
-    if delta.minutes:
-        return "%dm" % delta.minutes
-    return "%ds" % delta.seconds
-
-
 @register.filter(name="to_markdown")
 def get_markdown(content):
     """ convert markdown to html """