diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ad629408d..0833c43fa 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   
   def format_date(date)
     return nil unless date
-    @date_format ||= (Setting.date_format.to_i == 0 ? l(:general_fmt_date) : date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
+    @date_format ||= (Setting.date_format.to_i == 0 ? l(:general_fmt_date) : "%Y-%m-%d")
     date.strftime(@date_format)
   end