diff --git a/components/com_finder/views/search/view.feed.php b/components/com_finder/views/search/view.feed.php
index dc2b08c336523..cbffa84942ce9 100644
--- a/components/com_finder/views/search/view.feed.php
+++ b/components/com_finder/views/search/view.feed.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 			$item->title       = $result->title;
 			$item->link        = JRoute::_($result->route);
 			$item->description = $result->description;
-			$item->date        = (int) $result->start_date ? JHtml::date($result->start_date, 'l d F Y') : $result->indexdate;
+			$item->date        = (int) $result->start_date ? JHtml::date($result->start_date, 'U') : $result->indexdate;
 
 			// Get the taxonomy data.
 			$taxonomy = $result->getTaxonomy();