diff --git a/application/basilisk/components/feeds/FeedWriter.js b/application/basilisk/components/feeds/FeedWriter.js
index ceb2a7e2f6..d208ee5960 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/components/feeds/FeedWriter.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/components/feeds/FeedWriter.js
@@ -185,20 +185,11 @@ FeedWriter.prototype = {
     if (!dateObj.getTime())
       return false;
 
-    return this._dateFormatter.format(dateObj);
-  },
-
-  __dateFormatter: null,
-  get _dateFormatter() {
-    if (!this.__dateFormatter) {
-      const locale = Cc["@mozilla.org/chrome/chrome-registry;1"]
-                     .getService(Ci.nsIXULChromeRegistry)
-                     .getSelectedLocale("global", true);
-      const dtOptions = { year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric',
-                          hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' };
-      this.__dateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, dtOptions);
-    }
-    return this.__dateFormatter;
+    let dateService = Cc["@mozilla.org/intl/scriptabledateformat;1"].
+                      getService(Ci.nsIScriptableDateFormat);
+    return dateService.FormatDateTime("", dateService.dateFormatLong, dateService.timeFormatNoSeconds,
+                                      dateObj.getFullYear(), dateObj.getMonth()+1, dateObj.getDate(),
+                                      dateObj.getHours(), dateObj.getMinutes(), dateObj.getSeconds());
   },
 
   /**