diff --git a/webtools/bugzilla/bug_form.pl b/webtools/bugzilla/bug_form.pl
index 11d0059830a6..a39edf3d035e 100644
--- a/webtools/bugzilla/bug_form.pl
+++ b/webtools/bugzilla/bug_form.pl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ select
 	target_milestone,
 	qa_contact,
 	status_whiteboard,
-        date_format(creation_ts,'Y-m-d'),
+        date_format(creation_ts,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%i'),
         groupset,
 	delta_ts,
 	sum(votes.count)
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ print "
  <A HREF=\"long_list.cgi?buglist=$id\">Format For Printing</A>
 </B></FONT><BR>
 </FORM>
-<table><tr><td align=left><B>Description:</B></td><td width=\"100%\">&nbsp;</td>
-<td align=right>Opened:&nbsp;$bug{'creation_ts'}</td></tr></table>
+<table><tr><td align=left><B>Description:</B></td>
+<td align=right width=100%>Opened: $bug{'creation_ts'}</td></tr></table>
 <HR>
 <PRE>
 ";
diff --git a/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl b/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
index 8641534f966d..e6f426af8201 100644
--- a/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
+++ b/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sub AppendComment {
     SendSQL("select long_desc from bugs where bug_id = $bugid");
     
     my $desc = FetchOneColumn();
-    my $now = time2str("%D %H:%M", time());
+    my $now = time2str("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M", time());
     $desc .= "\n\n------- Additional Comments From $who  $now -------\n";
     $desc .= $comment;
     SendSQL("update bugs set long_desc=" . SqlQuote($desc) .