diff --git a/src/static/js/chat.js b/src/static/js/chat.js
index 79224e80c..ab815b870 100644
--- a/src/static/js/chat.js
+++ b/src/static/js/chat.js
@@ -82,13 +82,22 @@ var chat = (function()
       msg.time += this._pad.clientTimeOffset;
       
       //create the time string
-      var minutes = "" + new Date(msg.time).getMinutes();
-      var hours = "" + new Date(msg.time).getHours();
+      var msgDate = new Date(msg.time);
+      var minutes = "" + msgDate.getMinutes();
+      var hours = "" + msgDate.getHours();
+      var month = "" + (msgDate.getMonth() + 1);
+      var day = "" + msgDate.getDate();
+      var year = "" + (msgDate.getYear() + 1900);
       if(minutes.length == 1)
         minutes = "0" + minutes ;
       if(hours.length == 1)
         hours = "0" + hours ;
+      if(month.length == 1)
+        month = "0" + month ;
+      if(day.length == 1)
+        day = "0" + day ;
       var timeStr = hours + ":" + minutes;
+      var dateStr = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
         
       //create the authorclass
       var authorClass = "author-" + msg.userId.replace(/[^a-y0-9]/g, function(c)
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ var chat = (function()
 
       var authorName = msg.userName == null ? _('pad.userlist.unnamed') : padutils.escapeHtml(msg.userName); 
       
-      var html = "<p class='" + authorClass + "'><b>" + authorName + ":</b><span class='time " + authorClass + "'>" + timeStr + "</span> " + text + "</p>";
+      var html = "<p class='" + authorClass + "'><b>" + authorName + ":</b><span class='time " + authorClass + "' title='" + dateStr + "'>" + timeStr + "</span> " + text + "</p>";
       $("#chattext").append(html);
       
       //should we increment the counter??