diff --git a/framerail/src/lib/server/load/page.ts b/framerail/src/lib/server/load/page.ts
index 104d81b8b6..4a155dc404 100644
--- a/framerail/src/lib/server/load/page.ts
+++ b/framerail/src/lib/server/load/page.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { parseAcceptLangHeader } from "$lib/locales"
 import { translate } from "$lib/server/deepwell/translate"
 import { pageView } from "$lib/server/deepwell/views"
 import type { Optional, TranslateKeys } from "$lib/types"
-import { parseDateEpoch } from "$lib/utils"
 import { error, redirect } from "@sveltejs/kit"
 
 // TODO form single deepwell request that does all the relevant prep stuff here
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ export async function loadPage(
 
   if (errorStatus === null) {
     // Calculate difference of days since latest page edit
-    let updatedAt = parseDateEpoch(viewData.page.updated_at ?? viewData.page.created_at)
+    let updatedAt = Date.parse(viewData.page.updated_at ?? viewData.page.created_at)
     let daysDiff = Math.floor((Date.now() - updatedAt) / 1000 / 86400)
 
     translateKeys = {
diff --git a/framerail/src/lib/utils.ts b/framerail/src/lib/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 43b8a4f9d8..0000000000
--- a/framerail/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Convenience function that converts date string format provided by
- * Deepwell as `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSSSSS +HH:MM:SS` into
- * `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sss+HH:mm`
- */
-export function convertDateString(dateStr: string): string {
-  let dateParts = dateStr.split(" ")
-  let time = dateParts[1].split(".")
-  let subsec = time.length == 2 ? "." + time[1].slice(0, 3) : ""
-  let timezone = dateParts[2].split(":")
-  timezone.pop()
-  let output = `${dateParts[0]}T${time[0]}${subsec}${timezone.join(":")}`
-  return output
-}
-
-/**
- * Convenience function that converts date string format provided by
- * Deepwell as `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSSSSS +HH:MM:SS` into unix epoch
- */
-export function parseDateEpoch(dateStr: string): number {
-  return Date.parse(convertDateString(dateStr))
-}
-
-/**
- * Convenience function that converts date string format provided by
- * Deepwell as `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSSSSS +HH:MM:SS` into date object
- */
-export function parseDate(dateStr: string): Date {
-  return new Date(convertDateString(dateStr))
-}
diff --git a/framerail/src/routes/+error.svelte b/framerail/src/routes/+error.svelte
index ab7b14311a..fe46f11485 100644
--- a/framerail/src/routes/+error.svelte
+++ b/framerail/src/routes/+error.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   import { goto, invalidateAll } from "$app/navigation"
   import { useErrorPopup } from "$lib/stores"
   import { Layout } from "$lib/types"
-  import { parseDate } from "$lib/utils"
   let showErrorPopup = useErrorPopup()
 
   let showRestoreAction = false
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ as soon as we can figure out prettier support for it.
                 >{(deletedPage.rating > 0 ? "+" : "") + deletedPage.rating}</span
               >) - {$page.error.internationalization?.["wiki-page-deleted"].replace(
                 "{$datetime}",
-                parseDate(deletedPage.page_deleted_at).toLocaleString()
+                new Date(deletedPage.page_deleted_at).toLocaleString()
               )}
             </label>
             <br />
diff --git a/framerail/src/routes/[slug]/[...extra]/page.svelte b/framerail/src/routes/[slug]/[...extra]/page.svelte
index d7f248f9c2..4f5863cbbb 100644
--- a/framerail/src/routes/[slug]/[...extra]/page.svelte
+++ b/framerail/src/routes/[slug]/[...extra]/page.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   import { onMount } from "svelte"
   import { useErrorPopup } from "$lib/stores"
   import { Layout } from "$lib/types"
-  import { parseDate } from "$lib/utils"
   let showErrorPopup = useErrorPopup()
 
   let showMoveAction = false
@@ -703,7 +702,7 @@
           ]}
         </div>
         <div class="revision-attribute created-at">
-          {parseDate(revisionItem.created_at).toLocaleString()}
+          {new Date(revisionItem.created_at).toLocaleString()}
         </div>
         <div class="revision-attribute user">
           {revisionItem.user_id}