diff --git a/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js b/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js
index 445545a76..86d5e58e6 100644
--- a/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"
 
 export default class extends Controller {
-  static targets = ["time", "date", "datetime", "ago"]
+  static targets = ["time", "date", "datetime", "shortdate", "ago"]
 
   initialize() {
     this.timeFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { timeStyle: "short" })
     this.dateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { dateStyle: "long" })
+    this.shortDateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { month: "short", day: "numeric" })
     this.dateTimeFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { timeStyle: "short", dateStyle: "short" })
     this.agoFormatter = new AgoFormatter()
   }
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     this.#formatTime(this.dateTimeFormatter, target)
   }
 
+  shortdateTargetConnected(target) {
+    this.#formatTime(this.shortDateFormatter, target)
+  }
+
   agoTargetConnected(target) {
     this.#formatTime(this.agoFormatter, target)
   }
diff --git a/app/views/comments/_body.html.erb b/app/views/comments/_body.html.erb
index d2a060192..63581c7aa 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/_body.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/comments/_body.html.erb
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
     <div class="comment__author flex align-center gap-half">
       <strong><%= link_to comment.creator.name, user_path(comment.creator), class: "txt-ink btn btn--plain", data: { turbo_frame: "_top" } %></strong>
       <%= link_to bucket_bubble_path(comment.bubble.bucket, comment.bubble, anchor: "comment_#{comment.id}"), class: "txt-undecorated" do %>
-        <%= tag.time comment.created_at, class: "comment__timestamp" do %>
-          <%= comment.created_at.strftime("%b %d") %>
-        <% end %>
+        <%= local_datetime_tag comment.created_at, style: :shortdate, class: "comment__timestamp" %>
       <% end %>
 
       <% if comment.creator == Current.user %>