diff --git a/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php b/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
index e0adf7cb..f622a60d 100644
--- a/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ $aSettings['system'][] = array(
   'name' => 'system_error_email', 'value' => $setting->getValue('system_error_email'),
   'tooltip' => 'The email address for system errors notifications, like cronjobs failures.'
 );
+$aSettings['system'][] = array(
+  'display' => 'Date format string', 'type' => 'text',
+  'site' => 25,
+  'default' => '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S',
+  'name' => 'system_date_format', 'value' => $setting->getValue('system_date_format'),
+  'tooltip' => 'Date format to be used throughout the site. Please check PHP strftime for details.'
+);
 $aSettings['system'][] = array(
   'display' => 'Disable e-mail confirmations', 'type' => 'select',
   'options' => array( 0 => 'No', 1 => 'Yes' ),
diff --git a/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php b/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php
index d19fd00b..68e920b5 100644
--- a/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ $aGlobal = array(
   'twofactor' => $config['twofactor'],
   'csrf' => $config['csrf'],
   'config' => array(
+    'date' => $setting->getValue('system_date_format', '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S'),
     'website_design' => $setting->getValue('website_design'),
     'poolnav_enabled' => $setting->getValue('poolnav_enabled'),
     'poolnav_pools' => $setting->getValue('poolnav_pools'),
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/account/invitations/default.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/account/invitations/default.tpl
index c256d41e..23ddaa19 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/account/invitations/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/account/invitations/default.tpl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 {section name=invite loop=$INVITATIONS}
               <tr>
                 <td>{$INVITATIONS[invite].email}</td>
-                <td>{$INVITATIONS[invite].time|date_format:"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"}</td>
+                <td>{$INVITATIONS[invite].time|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
                 <td><i class="icon-{if $INVITATIONS[invite].is_activated}ok{else}cancel{/if}"></i></td>
               </tr>
 {/section}
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/monitoring/default.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/monitoring/default.tpl
index de0af634..83b353a8 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/monitoring/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/monitoring/default.tpl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                   {else}
                     <font color="green">
                   {/if}
-                    {$event.value|date_format:"%m/%d %H:%M:%S"}
+                    {$event.value|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}
                   </font>
                 {else}
                   {$event.value|default:""}
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl
index caeb07ff..0d30d5f1 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <div class="panel-heading">
         <i class="fa fa-info fa-fw"></i> {$NEWS[news].header}</a>
         <br />
-        <font size="1px">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:"%b %e, %Y at %H:%M"}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font>
+        <font size="1px">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font>
       </div>
 
       <div class="panel-body">
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/registrations/default.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/registrations/default.tpl
index 7c2e62bc..c16917fb 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/registrations/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/registrations/default.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                 <td>{$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].id|escape}</td>
                 <td>{$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].mposuser}</td>
                 <td>{$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].email}</td>
-                <td>{$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].signup_timestamp|date_format:"%d/%m %H:%M:%S"}</td>
+                <td>{$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].signup_timestamp|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
                 <td class="text-center">{if !$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].inviter}<i class="fa fa-times fa-fw">{else}<i class="fa fa-check fa-fw">{/if}</td>
                 <td><a href="{$smarty.server.SCRIPT_NAME}?page=admin&action=user&do=query&filter[account]={$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].inviter}">{$LASTREGISTEREDUSERS[user].inviter}</a></td>
               </tr>
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/user/default.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/user/default.tpl
index 987724ba..357a8ba0 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/user/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/admin/user/default.tpl
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
                 <td colspan="2">{$USERS[user].estimates.hours24|number_format:"8"}</td>
 {/if}
                 <td>{$USERS[user].balance|number_format:"8"}</td>
-                <td>{$USERS[user].signup_timestamp|date_format:"%d/%m %H:%M:%S"}</td>
-                <td>{$USERS[user].last_login|date_format:"%d/%m %H:%M:%S"}</td>
+                <td>{$USERS[user].signup_timestamp|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
+                <td>{$USERS[user].last_login|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
                 <td>
                   <input type="hidden" name="admin[{$USERS[user].id}]" value="0"/>
                   <input type="checkbox" onclick="storeAdmin({$USERS[user].id})" name="admin[{$USERS[user].id}]" value="1" id="admin[{$USERS[user].id}]" {if $USERS[user].is_admin}checked{/if} />
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_accordion.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_accordion.tpl
index 26dd8736..71392775 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_accordion.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_accordion.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                 <div class="panel-heading">
                   <i class="fa fa-info fa-fw"></i> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#collapse{$smarty.section.news.index}">{$NEWS[news].header}</a>
                   <br />
-                  <font size="1px">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:"%b %e, %Y at %H:%M"}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font>
+                  <font size="1px">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font>
                 </div>
                 <div id="collapse{$smarty.section.news.index}" class="panel-collapse collapse {if $smarty.section.news.index == 0}in{/if}">
                   <div class="panel-body">
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
-    </div>
\ No newline at end of file
+    </div>
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_all.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_all.tpl
index af229f98..82769586 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_all.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/home/news_all.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <div class="panel-heading">
         <i class="fa fa-bookmark"></i> {$NEWS[news].header}
         <br />
-        <font size="1px">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:"%b %e, %Y at %H:%M"}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font>
+        <font size="1px">posted {$NEWS[news].time|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}{if $HIDEAUTHOR|default:"0" == 0} by <b>{$NEWS[news].author}</b>{/if}</font>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-body">
         {$NEWS[news].content nofilter}
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/blocks_found_details.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/blocks_found_details.tpl
index 53c0cf72..834c0fe2 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/blocks_found_details.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/blocks_found_details.tpl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
               {/if}
               </td>
                 <td>{if $BLOCKSFOUND[block].is_anonymous|default:"0" == 1 && $GLOBAL.userdata.is_admin|default:"0" == 0}anonymous{else}{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].finder|default:"unknown"|escape}{/if}</td>
-                <td class="text-right">{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].time|date_format:"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"}</td>
+                <td class="text-right">{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].time|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
                 <td class="text-right">{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].difficulty|number_format:"4"}</td>
                 <td class="text-right">{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].amount|number_format:"2"}</td>
                 <td class="text-right">
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/small_table.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/small_table.tpl
index 2c1c4303..544ffd22 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/small_table.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/blocks/small_table.tpl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
               <td>{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].height}</td>
               {/if}
               <td>{if $BLOCKSFOUND[block].is_anonymous|default:"0" == 1 && $GLOBAL.userdata.is_admin|default:"0" == 0}anonymous{else}{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].finder|default:"unknown"|escape}{/if}</td>
-              <td>{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].time|date_format:"%d/%m %H:%M:%S"}</td>
+              <td>{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].time|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
               <td class="text-right">{$BLOCKSFOUND[block].shares|number_format}</td>
             </tr>
 {/section}
diff --git a/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/uptime/default.tpl b/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/uptime/default.tpl
index e6835ed8..b89ecea3 100644
--- a/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/uptime/default.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/bootstrap/statistics/uptime/default.tpl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
               <td class="text-center"><img src="{$GLOBALASSETS}/images/flags/{$node.0}.png"/></td>
               {if $node|count > 1}<td class="text-center">{$node.1}</td>{/if}
               <td class="text-center"><span class="ur-status-{$CODES[$item.status]|lower}">{$CODES[$item.status]}</span></td>
-              <td class="text-center">{$item.log.1.datetime|date_format:"%b %d, %Y %H:%M"}</td>
+              <td class="text-center">{$item.log.1.datetime|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</td>
               <td>
                 <div class="progress progress-striped active">
                   <div class="progress-bar progress-bar-success" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow="{$item.customuptimeratio.0}" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" style="width: {$item.customuptimeratio.0}%">
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         </table>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-footer">
-        <h6>Last update {$UPDATED|date_format:"%b %d, %Y %H:%M"}</h6>
+        <h6>Last update {$UPDATED|date_format:$GLOBAL.config.date}</h6>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>