diff --git a/rErrors.go b/rErrors.go
index 2827147..e6252cf 100644
--- a/rErrors.go
+++ b/rErrors.go
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ func (this *WikiServer) servePageResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	}
 }
 
-func (this *WikiServer) formatTimestamp(m int64) string {
+func (this *WikiServer) formatTimestamp(m int64) template.HTML {
 	// TODO add a more detailed timestamp on hover
-	return template.HTMLEscapeString(time.Unix(m, 0).In(this.loc).Format(this.opts.DateFormat))
+	dt := time.Unix(m, 0).In(this.loc)
+
+	return template.HTML(`<span title="` + template.HTMLEscapeString(dt.Format(time.RFC3339)) + `">` + template.HTMLEscapeString(dt.Format(this.opts.DateFormat)) + `</span>`)
 }
 
 func (this *WikiServer) viewLink(articleTitle string) template.HTML {
diff --git a/rHistory.go b/rHistory.go
index ec51225..b6cff5c 100644
--- a/rHistory.go
+++ b/rHistory.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (this *WikiServer) routeHistory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, art
 	for _, rev := range revs {
 		revIdStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", rev.ID)
 		content += `<tr>` +
-			`<td><a href="` + template.HTMLEscapeString(this.opts.ExpectBaseURL+`archive/`+revIdStr) + `">` + this.formatTimestamp(rev.Modified) + `</a></td>` +
+			`<td><a href="` + template.HTMLEscapeString(this.opts.ExpectBaseURL+`archive/`+revIdStr) + `">` + string(this.formatTimestamp(rev.Modified)) + `</a></td>` +
 			`<td>` + template.HTMLEscapeString(rev.Author) + `</td>` +
 			`<td><input type="radio" name="t" value="` + revIdStr + `">&nbsp;<input type="radio" name="f" value="` + revIdStr + `"></td>` +
 			`</tr>`
diff --git a/rRecentChanges.go b/rRecentChanges.go
index fe90ea5..13d218b 100644
--- a/rRecentChanges.go
+++ b/rRecentChanges.go
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ func (this *WikiServer) routeRecentChanges(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 			`<td><a href="` + template.HTMLEscapeString(this.opts.ExpectBaseURL+`view/`+url.PathEscape(rev.Title)) + `">` + template.HTMLEscapeString(rev.Title) + `</a>` +
 			` [<a href="` + template.HTMLEscapeString(this.opts.ExpectBaseURL+`archive/`+fmt.Sprintf("%d", rev.ID)) + `">a</a>]` +
 			`</td>` +
-			`<td>` + this.formatTimestamp(rev.Modified) + ` by ` + template.HTMLEscapeString(rev.Author) + `</td>` +
+			`<td>` + string(this.formatTimestamp(rev.Modified)) + `</td>` +
+			`<td>` + template.HTMLEscapeString(rev.Author) + `</td>` +
 			`</tr>`
 	}
 	content += `<tr><td>`