diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
index eb23b184b..d25c7abff 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ sub store ($$$) { #{{{
 	$template->param(
 		%$change,
 		commitdate => displaytime($change->{when}, "%X %x"),
+		commitdate_raw => scalar localtime($change->{when}),
 		wikiname => $config{wikiname},
 	);
 	IkiWiki::run_hooks(pagetemplate => sub {
diff --git a/templates/change.tmpl b/templates/change.tmpl
index 4a99cf5ff..3a1086cf0 100644
--- a/templates/change.tmpl
+++ b/templates/change.tmpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 <span class="desc"><br />Commit type:</span>
 <span class="committype"><TMPL_VAR COMMITTYPE></span>
 <span class="desc"><br />Date:</span>
-<span class="changedate"><TMPL_VAR COMMITDATE></span>
+<span class="changedate"><span class="date" title="<TMPL_VAR COMMITDATE_RAW>"><TMPL_VAR COMMITDATE></span></span>
 </div>
 <div class=changelog>
 <TMPL_LOOP NAME="MESSAGE">