diff --git a/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py b/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py
index 521bf0b25ef..25de2519045 100644
--- a/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/website_event/controllers/main.py
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ class website_event(http.Controller):
         return {'country_code': GI.country_code_by_addr(request.httprequest.remote_addr), 'country_name': GI.country_name_by_addr(request.httprequest.remote_addr)}
     
     def get_formated_date(self, event):
-        start_date = datetime.strptime(event.date_begin, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").date()
-        end_date = datetime.strptime(event.date_end, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").date()
-        return start_date.strftime("%b")+" "+start_date.strftime("%e")+ (end_date != start_date and ("-"+end_date.strftime("%e")) or "")
+        start_date = datetime.strptime(event.date_begin, tools.DEFAULT_SERVER_DATETIME_FORMAT).date()
+        end_date = datetime.strptime(event.date_end, tools.DEFAULT_SERVER_DATETIME_FORMAT).date()
+        return ('%s %s%s') % (start_date.strftime("%b"), start_date.strftime("%e"), (end_date != start_date and ("-"+end_date.strftime("%e")) or ""))
     
     @http.route('/event/get_country_event_list', type='http', auth='public', website=True)
     def get_country_events(self ,**post):