diff --git a/actions/shownotice.php b/actions/shownotice.php
index 04dd901111..4803f5fdfc 100644
--- a/actions/shownotice.php
+++ b/actions/shownotice.php
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ class ShownoticeAction extends StreamAction {
 		}
 
 		$profile = $notice->getProfile();
-		
+
 		if (!$profile) {
 			$this->no_such_notice();
 		}
 
 		# Looks like we're good; show the header
 
-		common_show_header($profile->nickname."'s status on ".common_date_string($notice->created),
+		common_show_header($profile->nickname."'s status on ".common_exact_date($notice->created),
 						   NULL, $profile,
 						   array($this, 'show_top'));
 
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ class ShownoticeAction extends StreamAction {
 
 	function show_top($user) {
 		$cur = common_current_user();
-		
+
 		if ($cur && $cur->id == $user->id) {
 			common_notice_form();
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	function no_such_notice() {
 		common_user_error('No such notice.');
 	}
diff --git a/lib/stream.php b/lib/stream.php
index 4ffe27d3ca..b2f57fab3e 100644
--- a/lib/stream.php
+++ b/lib/stream.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class StreamAction extends Action {
 	}
 
 	function views_menu() {
-		
+
 		$user = NULL;
 		$action = $this->trimmed('action');
 		$nickname = $this->trimmed('nickname');
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class StreamAction extends Action {
 		if ($nickname) {
 			$user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
 		}
-		
+
 		common_element_start('ul', array('id' => 'nav_views'));
-		
+
 		common_menu_item(common_local_url('all', array('nickname' =>
 													   $nickname)),
 						 _t('Personal'),
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ class StreamAction extends Action {
 						 $action == 'all');
 		common_menu_item(common_local_url('showstream', array('nickname' =>
 															  $nickname)),
-						 _t('Profile'),  
+						 _t('Profile'),
 						 ($user && $user->fullname) ? $user->fullname : $nickname,
 						 $action == 'showstream');
 		common_element_end('ul');
 	}
-	
+
 	function show_notice($notice) {
 		global $config;
 		$profile = $notice->getProfile();
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ class StreamAction extends Action {
 		$noticeurl = common_local_url('shownotice', array('notice' => $notice->id));
 		common_element_start('p', 'time');
 		common_element('a', array('class' => 'notice',
-								  'href' => $noticeurl),
+								  'href' => $noticeurl,
+								  'title' => common_exact_date($notice->created)),
 					   common_date_string($notice->created));
 		common_element_end('p');
 		common_element_end('li');
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index c60dc907f0..bdebbf847b 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ function common_date_string($dt) {
 	$diff = $now - $t;
 
 	if ($now < $t) { # that shouldn't happen!
-		return common_simple_date($dt);
+		return common_exact_date($dt);
 	} else if ($diff < 60) {
 		return _t('a few seconds ago');
 	} else if ($diff < 92) {
@@ -753,11 +753,11 @@ function common_date_string($dt) {
 	} else if ($diff < 480 * 24 * 3600) {
 		return _t('about a year ago');
 	} else {
-		return common_simple_date($dt);
+		return common_exact_date($dt);
 	}
 }
 
-function common_simple_date($dt) {
+function common_exact_date($dt) {
 	$t = strtotime($dt);
 	return date(DATE_RFC822, $t);
 }