diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js
index 2cd9c7c077d..70e93e2957c 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ openerp.mail = function (session) {
         format_data: function () {
             //formating and add some fields for render
             this.date = this.date ? session.web.str_to_datetime(this.date) : false;
+            this.display_date = this.date.toString('ddd MMM dd yyyy HH:mm');
             if (this.date && new Date().getTime()-this.date.getTime() < 7*24*60*60*1000) {
                 this.timerelative = $.timeago(this.date);
             }
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml
index f5004941a8d..b3b79bcfc43 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml
@@ -295,7 +295,10 @@
                         notified
                     </t>
                     <span class='oe_subtle'>•</span>
-                    <span t-att-title="widget.date"><t t-if="widget.timerelative" t-raw="widget.timerelative"/><t t-if="!widget.timerelative" t-raw="widget.date"/></span>
+                    <span t-att-title="widget.date">
+                        <t t-if="widget.timerelative" t-raw="widget.timerelative"/>
+                        <t t-if="!widget.timerelative" t-raw="widget.display_date"/>
+                    </span>
                     <span t-if="!widget.options.readonly" class='oe_subtle'>•</span>
                     <t t-if="!widget.options.readonly" t-call="mail.thread.message.vote"/>
                 </div>