diff --git a/src/comments.js b/src/comments.js
index b0343f9..ec9e084 100644
--- a/src/comments.js
+++ b/src/comments.js
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ class Comments {
   constructor(client, owner, repo, builds) {
     this.gh = client
     this.db = builds
-    this.nj = nunjucks.configure()
-    this.template = template
     this.repo = repo   /* name of repo to query */
     this.owner = owner /* name of user who makes the comments */
+    /* setup templating for comments */
+    this.template = template
+    this.nj = new nunjucks.Environment()
+    /* add helper for formatting dates */
+    this.nj.addFilter('date', (data) => (new Date(data)).toLocaleTimeString('utc'))
   }
 
   async listComments (pr, per_page = PER_PAGE, sort = 'updated', direction = 'desc') {
diff --git a/src/template.js b/src/template.js
index c948c67..d304f3e 100644
--- a/src/template.js
+++ b/src/template.js
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ module.exports = `
 |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
 {% for b in builds -%}
 {%- if b.success -%}
-| :heavy_check_mark: | {{ b.commit }} | {{ b.meta.created }} | \`{{ b.platform }}\` | [{{ b.pr }}#{{ b.id }}]({{ b.url }}) | {{ b.duration }} | [:package: {{ b.platform }}]({{ b.pkg_url }}) |
+| :heavy_check_mark: | {{ b.commit }} | {{ b.meta.created | date }} | \`{{ b.platform }}\` | [#{{ b.id }}]({{ b.url }}) | {{ b.duration }} | [:package: {{ b.platform }}]({{ b.pkg_url }}) |
 {% else -%}
-| :x: | {{ b.commit }} | {{ b.meta.created }} | \`{{ b.platform }}\` | [{{ b.pr }}#{{ b.id }}]({{ b.url }}) | {{ b.duration }} | [:page_facing_up: build log]({{ b.pkg_url }}consoleText) |
+| :x: | {{ b.commit }} | {{ b.meta.created | date }} | \`{{ b.platform }}\` | [#{{ b.id }}]({{ b.url }}) | {{ b.duration }} | [:page_facing_up: build log]({{ b.pkg_url }}consoleText) |
 {% endif -%}
 {%- endfor -%}
 `