diff --git a/templates/blockPublishedDate.tpl b/templates/blockPublishedDate.tpl
index 04e864d..a3bd0ba 100644
--- a/templates/blockPublishedDate.tpl
+++ b/templates/blockPublishedDate.tpl
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 		</span>
 		<div class="list-group-item date-published">
 			{capture assign=translatedDatePublished}{translate key="submissions.published"}{/capture}
-			<strong>{translate key="semicolon" label=$translatedDatePublished}</strong>
-			{$publication->getData('datePublished')|date_format}
+			<strong>{translate key="semicolon" label=$translatedDatePublished|cat:$dateFormatShort}</strong>
+			{$publication->getData('datePublished')|date_format:$dateFormatShort}
 		</div>
 		{* If this is an updated version *}
 		{if $firstPublication->getID() !== $publication->getId()}
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@
 			</div>
 		{/if}
 	</div>
-{/if}
\ No newline at end of file
+{/if}