diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4819641..f13c386 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2766,6 +2766,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-embed",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ea8c41a..5741fea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ mime_guess = "2.0.4"
 rust-embed = "6.8.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.181", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["runtime-tokio", "sqlite"] }
+time = { version = "0.3.25", features = ["formatting", "macros"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["full"] }
 toml = "0.7.6"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/src/repo.rs b/src/repo.rs
index 0debecd..8255b42 100644
--- a/src/repo.rs
+++ b/src/repo.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Utility functions for accessing a [`Repository`].
 
-use gix::{actor::IdentityRef, Commit};
+use gix::{actor::IdentityRef, date::Time, Commit};
+use time::macros::format_description;
 
 use crate::somehow;
 
@@ -10,6 +11,12 @@ pub fn format_actor(author: IdentityRef<'_>) -> somehow::Result<String> {
     Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer).to_string())
 }
 
+pub fn format_time(time: Time) -> String {
+    time.format(format_description!(
+        "[year]-[month]-[day] [hour]:[minute]:[second] [offset_hour sign:mandatory][offset_minute]"
+    ))
+}
+
 pub fn format_commit_short(commit: &Commit<'_>) -> somehow::Result<String> {
     let id = commit.id().shorten_or_id();
     let summary = commit.message()?.summary();
diff --git a/src/web/commit_hash.rs b/src/web/commit_hash.rs
index 5717a83..689b2a0 100644
--- a/src/web/commit_hash.rs
+++ b/src/web/commit_hash.rs
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ pub async fn get(
         summary: commit.message()?.summary().to_string(),
         message: commit.message_raw_sloppy().to_string(),
         author: repo::format_actor(author_info.actor())?,
-        author_date: author_info.time.to_bstring().to_string(),
+        author_date: repo::format_time(author_info.time),
         commit: repo::format_actor(committer_info.actor())?,
-        commit_date: committer_info.time.to_bstring().to_string(),
+        commit_date: repo::format_time(committer_info.time),
         parents,
         children,
     })