diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 101eaee..62e639e 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                 <header>
                     <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
                     <h2 class="headline">
-                    {{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }} 
+                    {{ .Date.Format "2. January 2006" }} 
                     <br>
                     {{ with .Params.tags }}
                     {{ if ge (len .) 1 }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/latest-posts.html b/layouts/partials/latest-posts.html
index f5589d5..4bc2025 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/latest-posts.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/latest-posts.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     {{ $url := replace .Permalink .Site.BaseURL "" }}
         {{ if and (ne $url "about/") }}
         <li>
-            <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}<aside class="dates">{{ .Date.Format "Jan 2" }}</aside></a>
+            <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}<aside class="dates">{{ .Date.Format "2. Jan" }}</aside></a>
         </li>
         {{ end }}
    {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/post-list.html b/layouts/partials/post-list.html
index 090bda1..3312b89 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/post-list.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/post-list.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
     {{ $url := replace .Permalink .Site.BaseURL "" }}
         {{ if ne $url "about/" }}
             <li>
-                <a href='{{ .Permalink }}'><aside class="dates">{{ .Date.Format "Jan 2" }}</aside></a>
+                <a href='{{ .Permalink }}'><aside class="dates">{{ .Date.Format "2. Jan" }}</aside></a>
                 <a href='{{ .Permalink }}'>{{ .Title }} <h2>{{ .Description | markdownify }}</h2></a>
             </li>
         {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
-</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ul>