diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item-clicks.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item-clicks.hbs
index 4f43daf45c..239e39a095 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item-clicks.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item-clicks.hbs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                     </span>
                     <span class="gh-content-entry-date">
                         {{#if this.isHovered}}
-                            {{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC "D MMM YYYY"}}
+                            {{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC format="D MMM YYYY"}}
                         {{else}}
                             {{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC draft=true}}
                         {{/if}}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                     <span class="gh-content-entry-date" {{on "mouseover" (fn (mut this.isDateHovered) true)}} {{on "mouseleave" (fn (mut this.isDateHovered) false)}}>
                         {{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC draft=true}}
                         {{#if this.isDateHovered}}
-                            <span {{css-transition "anim-fade-in-scale"}}>on {{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC "D MMM YYYY"}}</span>
+                            <span {{css-transition "anim-fade-in-scale"}}>on {{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC format="D MMM YYYY"}}</span>
                         {{/if}}
                     </span>
                     {{!-- {{#if @post.lexical}}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item.hbs
index c4dc137faa..dcbe4fcb5c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts-list/list-item.hbs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                             in <span class="midgrey-l2 fw5">{{@post.primaryTag.name}}</span>
                         {{/if}}
 
-                        • <span data-tooltip="{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC "D MMM YYYY"}}">{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC draft=true}}</span>
+                        • <span data-tooltip="{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC format="D MMM YYYY"}}">{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC draft=true}}</span>
 
                     </span>
                 </p>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                             in <span class="midgrey-l2 fw5">{{@post.primaryTag.name}}</span>
                         {{/if}}
 
-                        • <span data-tooltip="{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC "D MMM YYYY"}}">{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC draft=true}}</span>
+                        • <span data-tooltip="{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC format="D MMM YYYY"}}">{{gh-format-post-time @post.updatedAtUTC draft=true}}</span>
 
                     </span>
                 </p>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/gh-format-post-time.js b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/gh-format-post-time.js
index b627111ccd..99cbb2d8a7 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/helpers/gh-format-post-time.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/helpers/gh-format-post-time.js
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import {assert} from '@ember/debug';
 import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
 
-export function formatPostTime(timeago, {timezone = 'etc/UTC', draft, scheduled, published}) {
+export function formatPostTime(timeago, {timezone = 'etc/UTC', format, draft, scheduled, published}) {
     if (draft) {
         // No special handling for drafts, just use moment.from
         return moment(timeago).from(moment.utc());
     }
 
     let time = moment.tz(timeago, timezone);
+
+    if (format) {
+        return time.format(format);
+    }
+
     let now = moment.tz(moment.utc(), timezone);
 
     let utcOffset;
@@ -44,8 +49,8 @@ export function formatPostTime(timeago, {timezone = 'etc/UTC', draft, scheduled,
     }
 
     // Else, render just the date if published, or the time & date if scheduled
-    let format = scheduled ? `[at] HH:mm [${utcOffset}] [on] DD MMM YYYY` : 'DD MMM YYYY';
-    return time.format(format);
+    let f = scheduled ? `[at] HH:mm [${utcOffset}] [on] DD MMM YYYY` : 'DD MMM YYYY';
+    return time.format(f);
 }
 
 export default class GhFormatPostTimeHelper extends Helper {