diff --git a/htroot/MessageSend_p.java b/htroot/MessageSend_p.java
index 2f8e85e02..52870ae78 100644
--- a/htroot/MessageSend_p.java
+++ b/htroot/MessageSend_p.java
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@
 //if the shell's current path is HTROOT
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.ContentBody;
 
+import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.ASCII;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.UTF8;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
@@ -49,9 +48,8 @@ import net.yacy.utils.crypt;
 
 public class MessageSend_p {
 
-    private static SimpleDateFormat SimpleFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
     public static String dateString(final Date date) {
-        return SimpleFormatter.format(date);
+        return GenericFormatter.SIMPLE_FORMATTER.format(date);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/htroot/Messages_p.java b/htroot/Messages_p.java
index 1c8c15ab4..40540d281 100644
--- a/htroot/Messages_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Messages_p.java
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
+import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.UTF8;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
@@ -48,11 +47,10 @@ import com.google.common.io.Files;
 
 public class Messages_p {
 
-    private static SimpleDateFormat SimpleFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
     private static final String PEERSKNOWN = "peersKnown_";
 
     public static String dateString(final Date date) {
-        return SimpleFormatter.format(date);
+        return GenericFormatter.SIMPLE_FORMATTER.format(date);
     }
 
     public static serverObjects respond(final RequestHeader header, final serverObjects post, final serverSwitch env) {
diff --git a/htroot/Wiki.java b/htroot/Wiki.java
index 334fd0ef0..c456a8585 100644
--- a/htroot/Wiki.java
+++ b/htroot/Wiki.java
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@
 // if the shell's current path is HTROOT
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.UTF8;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.Domains;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
@@ -57,9 +56,8 @@ public class Wiki {
     //private static String ListLevel = "";
     //private static String numListLevel = "";
 
-    private static SimpleDateFormat SimpleFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
     public static String dateString(final Date date) {
-        return SimpleFormatter.format(date);
+        return GenericFormatter.SIMPLE_FORMATTER.format(date);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/message.java b/htroot/yacy/message.java
index ed800fd0a..9f46515d4 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/message.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/message.java
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Locale;
 
+import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.UTF8;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.Domains;
-import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.CommonPattern;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
@@ -56,9 +54,8 @@ import com.google.common.io.Files;
 
 public final class message {
 
-    private static SimpleDateFormat SimpleFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
     public static String dateString(final Date date) {
-        return SimpleFormatter.format(date);
+        return GenericFormatter.SIMPLE_FORMATTER.format(date);
     }
 
     public static serverObjects respond(final RequestHeader header, final serverObjects post, final serverSwitch env) {