diff --git a/blog-refresh.sh b/blog-refresh.sh
index 1f957a0..235f642 100755
--- a/blog-refresh.sh
+++ b/blog-refresh.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ create_entry() {
     # then add it to the index
     title=$(grep -h '<title>' "dist/$outpath" | sed 's/<title>//g;s/<\/title>//g')
     created=$(grep -h '^date: ' "$path" | sed 's/date: //g')
-    created_date=$(date +%x --date="$created")
+    created_date=$(date +'%b %d, %Y' --date="$created")
     html_entry "$outpath" "$created_date" "$title"
     rss_entry "$title" "$outpath" $path $created
 }