diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c b/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c
index e6d32b6d..25e597ec 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ FORMAT_REC fecommon_core_formats[] = {
 	{ "line_start_irssi", "{line_start}{hilight Irssi:} ", 0 },
         { "timestamp", "{timestamp $Z} ", 0 },
 	{ "servertag", "[$0] ", 1, { 0 } },
-	{ "daychange", "Day changed to %%d %%b %%Y", 0 },
+	{ "daychange", "Day changed to %%x", 0 },
 	{ "talking_with", "You are now talking with {nick $0}", 1, { 0 } },
 	{ "refnum_too_low", "Window number must be greater than 1", 0 },
 	{ "error_server_sticky", "Window's server is sticky and it cannot be changed without -unsticky option", 0 },
diff --git a/src/fe-text/irssi.c b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
index cad271c9..13bceac3 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/irssi.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	   before this call.
 
 	   locales aren't actually used for anything else than autodetection
-	   of UTF-8 currently..
+	   of UTF-8 and date formatting at daychange currently..
 
 	   furthermore to get the users's charset with g_get_charset() properly
 	   you have to call setlocale(LC_ALL, "") */