diff --git a/frontend/components/global/DateTime.vue b/frontend/components/global/DateTime.vue
index b23cac2b..b82cf5c6 100644
--- a/frontend/components/global/DateTime.vue
+++ b/frontend/components/global/DateTime.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
       return "";
     }
 
-    return fmtDate(props.date, props.format);
+    return fmtDate(props.date, props.format, props.datetimeType);
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-formatters.ts b/frontend/composables/use-formatters.ts
index 602a7108..4d4533ed 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-formatters.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-formatters.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
-import { type UseTimeAgoMessages, type UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault } from "@vueuse/core";
+import { format, formatDistance } from "date-fns";
+import * as Locales from "date-fns/locale";
 
 const cache = {
   currency: "",
@@ -26,99 +27,50 @@ export async function useFormatCurrency() {
 export type DateTimeFormat = "relative" | "long" | "short" | "human";
 export type DateTimeType = "date" | "time" | "datetime";
 
-function ordinalIndicator(num: number) {
-  if (num > 3 && num < 21) return "th";
-  switch (num % 10) {
-    case 1:
-      return "st";
-    case 2:
-      return "nd";
-    case 3:
-      return "rd";
-    default:
-      return "th";
-  }
+function getLocale() {
+  const t = useI18n();
+  const localeCode = t?.locale?.value as string ?? "en-US";
+  const region = localeCode.length>2 ? localeCode.substring(3) : "";
+  return (Locales[(localeCode.substring(0,2) + region) as keyof typeof Locales] ?? Locales[localeCode.substring(0,2) as keyof typeof Locales] ?? Locales.enUS);
 }
 
 export function useLocaleTimeAgo(date: Date) {
-  const { t } = useI18n();
-
-  const I18N_MESSAGES: UseTimeAgoMessages<UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault> = {
-    justNow: t("components.global.date_time.just-now"),
-    past: n => (n.match(/\d/) ? t("components.global.date_time.ago", [n]) : n),
-    future: n => (n.match(/\d/) ? t("components.global.date_time.in", [n]) : n),
-    month: (n, past) =>
-      n === 1
-        ? past
-          ? t("components.global.date_time.last-month")
-          : t("components.global.date_time.next-month")
-        : `${n} ${t(`components.global.date_time.months`)}`,
-    year: (n, past) =>
-      n === 1
-        ? past
-          ? t("components.global.date_time.last-year")
-          : t("components.global.date_time.next-year")
-        : `${n} ${t(`components.global.date_time.years`)}`,
-    day: (n, past) =>
-      n === 1
-        ? past
-          ? t("components.global.date_time.yesterday")
-          : t("components.global.date_time.tomorrow")
-        : `${n} ${t(`components.global.date_time.days`)}`,
-    week: (n, past) =>
-      n === 1
-        ? past
-          ? t("components.global.date_time.last-week")
-          : t("components.global.date_time.next-week")
-        : `${n} ${t(`components.global.date_time.weeks`)}`,
-    hour: n => `${n} ${n === 1 ? t("components.global.date_time.hour") : t("components.global.date_time.hours")}`,
-    minute: n => `${n} ${n === 1 ? t("components.global.date_time.minute") : t("components.global.date_time.minutes")}`,
-    second: n => `${n} ${n === 1 ? t("components.global.date_time.second") : t("components.global.date_time.seconds")}`,
-    invalid: "",
-  };
-
-  return useTimeAgo(date, {
-    fullDateFormatter: (date: Date) => date.toLocaleDateString(),
-    messages: I18N_MESSAGES,
-  });
+  return formatDistance(date, new Date(), {locale: getLocale()});
 }
 
-export function fmtDate(value: string | Date, fmt: DateTimeFormat = "human"): string {
-  const months = [
-    "January",
-    "February",
-    "March",
-    "April",
-    "May",
-    "June",
-    "July",
-    "August",
-    "September",
-    "October",
-    "November",
-    "December",
-  ];
-
+export function fmtDate(value: string | Date, fmt: DateTimeFormat = "human", type: DateTimeType = "date"): string {
   const dt = typeof value === "string" ? new Date(value) : value;
-  if (!dt) {
+
+  if (!dt || !validDate(dt)) {
     return "";
   }
 
-  if (!validDate(dt)) {
-    return "";
+  if (fmt === "relative") {
+    return useLocaleTimeAgo(dt);
+  }
+
+  if (type === "time") {
+    return format(dt, "p", { locale: getLocale() });
   }
 
+  let formatStr = "";
+
   switch (fmt) {
-    case "relative":
-      return useLocaleTimeAgo(dt).value + useDateFormat(dt, " (YYYY-MM-DD)").value;
+    case "human":
+      formatStr = "PPP"
+      break;
     case "long":
-      return useDateFormat(dt, "YYYY-MM-DD (dddd)").value;
+      formatStr = "PP";
+      break;
     case "short":
-      return useDateFormat(dt, "YYYY-MM-DD").value;
-    case "human":
-      // January 1st, 2021
-      return `${months[dt.getMonth()]} ${dt.getDate()}${ordinalIndicator(dt.getDate())}, ${dt.getFullYear()}`;
+      formatStr = "P";
+      break;
     default:
       return "";
   }
+  if (type === "datetime") {
+    formatStr += "p";
+  }
+
+  return format(dt, formatStr, { locale: getLocale() });
 }