diff --git a/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/HomeActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/HomeActivity.kt
index 78897a7..f8cc6a4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
     private var periodicRefresh = false
     private var refreshMinutes: Long = 360L
     private var refreshWhenChargingOnly = false
-    private var dateTimeFormatter = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
 
     private lateinit var tabNewBadge: TextBadgeItem
     private lateinit var tabArchiveBadge: TextBadgeItem
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/MyApp.kt b/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/MyApp.kt
index 9974916..6d42559 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/MyApp.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/MyApp.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import com.mikepenz.materialdrawer.util.AbstractDrawerImageLoader
 import com.mikepenz.materialdrawer.util.DrawerImageLoader
 import java.util.UUID.randomUUID
 
+var dateTimeFormatter = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
+
 class MyApp : MultiDexApplication() {
     private lateinit var config: Config
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/utils/ItemsUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/utils/ItemsUtils.kt
index 372a4b8..df05b25 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/utils/ItemsUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/utils/ItemsUtils.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.content.Context
 import android.text.format.DateUtils
 import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.api.selfoss.Item
 import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.api.selfoss.SelfossTagType
+import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.dateTimeFormatter
 import java.text.ParseException
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.*
@@ -21,14 +22,8 @@ fun String.toTextDrawableString(c: Context): String {
 
 fun Item.sourceAndDateText(): String {
     val formattedDate: String = try {
-        var date = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").parse(this.datetime)
-        // Api 3.0 changes the date format, check for ISO8601 format
-        if (date == null) {
-            date = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX").parse(this.datetime)
-        }
-
         " " + DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(
-            date.time,
+            SimpleDateFormat(dateTimeFormatter).parse(this.datetime).time,
             Date().time,
             DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS,
             DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE