diff --git a/application/basilisk/base/content/pageinfo/pageInfo.js b/application/basilisk/base/content/pageinfo/pageInfo.js
index 7a6d0a0630..98e567cb44 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/base/content/pageinfo/pageInfo.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/base/content/pageinfo/pageInfo.js
@@ -1051,16 +1051,18 @@ function formatNumber(number)
 
 function formatDate(datestr, unknown)
 {
+  // scriptable date formatter, for pretty printing dates
+  var dateService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/scriptabledateformat;1"]
+                              .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIScriptableDateFormat);
+
   var date = new Date(datestr);
   if (!date.valueOf())
     return unknown;
 
-  const locale = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/chrome/chrome-registry;1"]
-                 .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIXULChromeRegistry)
-                 .getSelectedLocale("global", true);
-  const dtOptions = { year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric',
-                      hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric', second: 'numeric' };
-  return date.toLocaleString(locale, dtOptions);
+  return dateService.FormatDateTime("", dateService.dateFormatLong,
+                                    dateService.timeFormatSeconds,
+                                    date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth()+1, date.getDate(),
+                                    date.getHours(), date.getMinutes(), date.getSeconds());
 }
 
 function doCopy()