diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Messages.svelte b/frontend/src/components/Messages.svelte
index 2a2edad..a2b3974 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Messages.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Messages.svelte
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
 
 <div class="messages-container" on:scroll={ onScroll } bind:this={ scrollTarget }>
     {#each $messages as message (message.id)}
-        {#if message._showDateMarkerAbove}
+        {#if message._aboveDateMarker}
             <div class="time-separator">
-                <span>{ new Intl.DateTimeFormat(getItem("ui:locale"), { month: "long", day: "numeric", year: "numeric" }).format(message._createdAtDate) }</span>
+                <span>{ message._aboveDateMarker }</span>
             </div>
         {/if}
         <Message message={message} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores.js b/frontend/src/stores.js
index 4523f0a..63e3136 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores.js
+++ b/frontend/src/stores.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class MessageStore extends Store {
         message._mentions = false;
         message._editable = false;
         message._clumped = false;
-        message._showDateMarkerAbove = false;
+        message._aboveDateMarker = null;
         if (userInfoStore.value && message.content.includes("@" + userInfoStore.value.username)) {
             message._mentions = true;
         }
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class MessageStore extends Store {
             message._clumped = true;
         }
         if (previous && (previous._createdAtDateString !== message._createdAtDateString)) {
-            message._showDateMarkerAbove = true;
+            message._aboveDateMarker = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(getItem("ui:locale"), { month: "long", day: "numeric", year: "numeric" }).format(message._createdAtDate);
         }
         return message;
     }