diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-log-window.c b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-log-window.c
index 986a3af..fcbc6e2 100644
--- a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-log-window.c
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-log-window.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ log_manager_searched_new_cb (GObject *manager,
 			}
 
 			g_date_strftime (date_readable, sizeof (date_readable),
-				EMPATHY_TIME_FORMAT_DISPLAY_LONG, hit->date);
+				EMPATHY_DATE_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT, hit->date);
 
 			g_date_strftime (tmp, sizeof (tmp),
 				"%Y%m%d", hit->date);
diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-theme-adium.c b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-theme-adium.c
index c2267f7..6c1b54e 100644
--- a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-theme-adium.c
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-theme-adium.c
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ theme_adium_append_html (EmpathyThemeAdium *theme,
 		         const gchar       *contact_id,
 		         const gchar       *service_name,
 		         const gchar       *message_classes,
-		         time_t             timestamp)
+		         time_t             timestamp,
+		         gboolean           is_backlog)
 {
 	GString     *string;
 	const gchar *cur = NULL;
@@ -380,8 +381,13 @@ theme_adium_append_html (EmpathyThemeAdium *theme,
 				cur++;
 			}
 
-			dup_replace = empathy_time_to_string_local (timestamp,
-				format ? format : EMPATHY_TIME_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT);
+			if (is_backlog) {
+				dup_replace = empathy_time_to_string_local (timestamp,
+					format ? format : EMPATHY_TIME_DATE_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT);
+			} else {
+				dup_replace = empathy_time_to_string_local (timestamp,
+					format ? format : EMPATHY_TIME_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT);
+			}
 			replace = dup_replace;
 			g_free (format);
 		} else {
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ theme_adium_append_event_escaped (EmpathyChatView *view,
 					 priv->data->status_html,
 					 priv->data->status_len,
 					 escaped, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-					 "event", empathy_time_get_current ());
+					 "event", empathy_time_get_current (), FALSE);
 	}
 
 	/* There is no last contact */
@@ -596,7 +602,7 @@ theme_adium_append_message (EmpathyChatView *view,
 		theme_adium_append_html (theme, func, html, len, body_escaped,
 					 avatar_filename, name, contact_id,
 					 service_name, message_classes->str,
-					 timestamp);
+					 timestamp, is_backlog);
 	} else {
 		DEBUG ("Couldn't find HTML file for this message");
 	}
diff --git a/libempathy/empathy-time.h b/libempathy/empathy-time.h
index 224b25c..9a14b25 100644
--- a/libempathy/empathy-time.h
+++ b/libempathy/empathy-time.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define EMPATHY_TIME_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT "%H:%M"
-#define EMPATHY_TIME_FORMAT_DISPLAY_LONG  "%a %d %b %Y"
+#define EMPATHY_DATE_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT  "%a %d %b %Y"
+#define EMPATHY_TIME_DATE_FORMAT_DISPLAY_SHORT "%c"
 
 time_t  empathy_time_get_current     (void);
 time_t  empathy_time_get_local_time  (struct tm   *tm);
