diff --git a/site/config.yaml b/site/config.yaml
index b4e045f..21ebdf7 100644
--- a/site/config.yaml
+++ b/site/config.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ resources:
     tag_list_title: blog tags
     resource_name_plural: blog posts
     resources_per_page: 20
+    timestamp_format: "[weekday], [month repr:long] [day], [year]"
   images:
     source_path: images
     output_path_resources: i
@@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ resources:
     tag_list_title: image tags
     resource_name_plural: images
     resources_per_page: 10
+    timestamp_format: "[weekday], [month repr:long] [day], [year]"
diff --git a/site/templates/blog/list.tera b/site/templates/blog/list.tera
index 3040788..36d21f6 100644
--- a/site/templates/blog/list.tera
+++ b/site/templates/blog/list.tera
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	{% for resource in data.resources %}
 	<div class="post">
 		<p class="title"><a href="/blog/{{resource.id}}">{{resource.title}}</a></p>
-		<p class="timestamp">{{resource.timestamp}}</p>
+		<p class="timestamp">{{resource.readable_timestamp}}</p>
 		<p class="short-desc">{{resource.desc}}</p>
 	</div>
 	{% endfor %}
diff --git a/site/templates/blog/resource.tera b/site/templates/blog/resource.tera
index 985407c..e2db22f 100644
--- a/site/templates/blog/resource.tera
+++ b/site/templates/blog/resource.tera
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="blog-post">
 	<h1 class="title">{{ data.title }}</h1>
-	<span class="timestamp">published {{ data.timestamp }}</span>
+	<span class="timestamp">published {{ data.readable_timestamp }}</span>
 	{% if data.draft %}
 	<h2>DRAFT</h2>
 	{% endif %}
diff --git a/site/templates/extras/index-injection.tera b/site/templates/extras/index-injection.tera
index ef3d60d..bca9b75 100644
--- a/site/templates/extras/index-injection.tera
+++ b/site/templates/extras/index-injection.tera
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		{% for resource in resources %}
 		<div class="post">
 			<p class="title"><a href="/blog/{{resource.id}}">{{resource.title}}</a></p>
-			<p class="timestamp">{{resource.timestamp}}</p>
+			<p class="timestamp">{{resource.readable_timestamp}}</p>
 			<p class="short-desc">{{resource.desc}}</p>
 		</div>
 		{% endfor %}
diff --git a/site/templates/image/resource.tera b/site/templates/image/resource.tera
index a86b74f..946412b 100644
--- a/site/templates/image/resource.tera
+++ b/site/templates/image/resource.tera
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="image-full">
 	<h1 class="title">{{ data.title }}</h1>
-	<span class="timestamp">published {{ data.timestamp }}</span>
+	<span class="timestamp">published {{ data.readable_timestamp }}</span>
 	<img class="image-actual" src="{{data.cdn_file}}" alt="{{data.alt}}">
 	{{ data.content | safe }}
 	<p><a href="{{data.cdn_file}}">view full size image</a></p>