diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 892d03911..d2d132458 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
   include CustomFieldsHelper   
   helper :ifpdf
   include IfpdfHelper
+  helper :issues
   helper IssuesHelper
   helper :queries
   include QueriesHelper
diff --git a/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb b/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
index 1c15fa564..68c0edefa 100644
--- a/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class TimelogController < ApplicationController
 
   helper :sort
   include SortHelper
+  helper :issues
   
   def report
     @available_criterias = { 'version' => {:sql => "#{Issue.table_name}.fixed_version_id",
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index e52d1492e..6f6458650 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   
   def format_date(date)
     return nil unless date
-    @date_format_setting ||= Setting.date_format.to_i
-    @date_format_setting == 0 ? l_date(date) : date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    @date_format ||= (Setting.date_format.to_i == 0 ? l(:general_fmt_date) : date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
+    date.strftime(@date_format)
   end
   
   def format_time(time)
diff --git a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
index 8ef1de8f7..997f094a4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@
 
 module IssuesHelper
 
+  def render_issue_tooltip(issue)
+    @cached_label_start_date ||= l(:field_start_date)
+    @cached_label_due_date ||= l(:field_due_date)
+    @cached_label_assigned_to ||= l(:field_assigned_to)
+    @cached_label_priority ||= l(:field_priority)
+    
+    link_to_issue(issue) + ": #{h(issue.subject)}<br /><br />" +
+      "<strong>#{@cached_label_start_date}</strong>: #{format_date(issue.start_date)}<br />" +
+      "<strong>#{@cached_label_due_date}</strong>: #{format_date(issue.due_date)}<br />" +
+      "<strong>#{@cached_label_assigned_to}</strong>: #{issue.assigned_to}<br />" +
+      "<strong>#{@cached_label_priority}</strong>: #{issue.priority.name}"
+  end
+
   def show_detail(detail, no_html=false)
     case detail.property
     when 'attr'
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_tooltip.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_tooltip.rhtml
deleted file mode 100644
index de0330fb0..000000000
--- a/app/views/issues/_tooltip.rhtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<%= link_to_issue issue %></strong>: <%=h issue.subject %><br />
-<br />
-<strong><%= l(:field_start_date) %></strong>: <%= format_date(issue.start_date) %><br />
-<strong><%= l(:field_due_date) %></strong>: <%= format_date(issue.due_date) %><br />
-<strong><%= l(:field_assigned_to) %></strong>: <%= issue.assigned_to ? issue.assigned_to.name : "-" %><br />
-<strong><%= l(:field_priority) %></strong>: <%= issue.priority.name %>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/calendar.rhtml b/app/views/projects/calendar.rhtml
index ad022f303..b6f2958f3 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/calendar.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/calendar.rhtml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while day <= @date_to
         <%= h(truncate(i.subject, 30)) %>
 		</small>
         <span class="tip">
-        <%= render :partial => "issues/tooltip", :locals => { :issue => i }%>
+        <%= render_issue_tooltip i %>
         </span>		
 		</div>
 		<% else %>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/gantt.rhtml b/app/views/projects/gantt.rhtml
index d3b3167fc..75e5b9fc5 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/gantt.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/gantt.rhtml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ top = headers_height + 10
 	<% # === tooltip === %>
 	<div class="tooltip" style="position: absolute;top:<%= top %>px;left:<%= i_left %>px;width:<%= i_width %>px;height:12px;">
 	<span class="tip">
-    <%= render :partial => "issues/tooltip", :locals => { :issue => i }%>
+    <%= render_issue_tooltip i %>
 	</span></div>
 <% else 
     i_left = ((i.start_date - @date_from)*zoom).floor
diff --git a/app/views/timelog/details.rhtml b/app/views/timelog/details.rhtml
index 5683a2f3f..ac647c3a5 100644
--- a/app/views/timelog/details.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/timelog/details.rhtml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 <td align="center">
     <% if entry.issue %>
     <div class="tooltip">
-    <%= link_to "#{entry.issue.tracker.name} ##{entry.issue.id}", {:action => 'details', :issue_id => entry.issue } %>
+    <%= link_to_issue entry.issue %>
     <span class="tip">
-    <%= render :partial => "issues/tooltip", :locals => { :issue => entry.issue }%>
+    <%= render_issue_tooltip entry.issue %>
     </span>		
 	</div>
 	<% end %>