diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 9e2e95c..654596e 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
         <article>
             <header class="header">
                 <h1 class="header-title">{{ .Title }}</h1>
+                {{ $configDateFormat := .Site.Params.dateFormat | default ":date_medium" }}
                 {{ with .Date }}
                 {{ $ISO_time := dateFormat "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" . }}
                 <div class="post-meta">
-                    <time datetime="{{ $ISO_time }}" itemprop="datePublished"> {{ . | time.Format ":date_medium" }} </time>
+                    <time datetime="{{ $ISO_time }}" itemprop="datePublished"> {{ . | time.Format $configDateFormat }} </time>
                 </div>
                 {{ end }}
             </header>