diff --git a/cps/db.py b/cps/db.py
index 1296c84a..01d50605 100644
--- a/cps/db.py
+++ b/cps/db.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class Books(Base):
     sort = Column(String(collation='NOCASE'))
     author_sort = Column(String(collation='NOCASE'))
     timestamp = Column(TIMESTAMP, default=datetime.utcnow)
-    pubdate = Column(String) # , default=datetime.utcnow)
+    pubdate = Column(TIMESTAMP, default=DEFAULT_PUBDATE)
     series_index = Column(String, nullable=False, default="1.0")
     last_modified = Column(TIMESTAMP, default=datetime.utcnow)
     path = Column(String, default="", nullable=False)
diff --git a/cps/jinjia.py b/cps/jinjia.py
index 28c2621a..b1b42939 100644
--- a/cps/jinjia.py
+++ b/cps/jinjia.py
@@ -76,22 +76,18 @@ def mimetype_filter(val):
 @jinjia.app_template_filter('formatdate')
 def formatdate_filter(val):
     try:
-        conformed_timestamp = re.sub(r"[:]|([-](?!((\d{2}[:]\d{2})|(\d{4}))$))", '', val)
-        formatdate = datetime.datetime.strptime(conformed_timestamp[:15], "%Y%m%d %H%M%S")
-        return format_date(formatdate, format='medium', locale=get_locale())
+        return format_date(val, format='medium', locale=get_locale())
     except AttributeError as e:
         log.error('Babel error: %s, Current user locale: %s, Current User: %s', e,
                   current_user.locale,
                   current_user.nickname
                   )
-        return formatdate
+        return val
 
 
 @jinjia.app_template_filter('formatdateinput')
 def format_date_input(val):
-    conformed_timestamp = re.sub(r"[:]|([-](?!((\d{2}[:]\d{2})|(\d{4}))$))", '', val)
-    date_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(conformed_timestamp[:15], "%Y%m%d %H%M%S")
-    input_date = date_obj.isoformat().split('T', 1)[0]  # Hack to support dates <1900
+    input_date = val.isoformat().split('T', 1)[0]  # Hack to support dates <1900
     return '' if input_date == "0101-01-01" else input_date
 
 
diff --git a/cps/templates/detail.html b/cps/templates/detail.html
index 6edf1677..4a0fbe02 100644
--- a/cps/templates/detail.html
+++ b/cps/templates/detail.html
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       </div>
       {% endif %}
 
-      {% if entry.pubdate[:10] != '0101-01-01' %}
+      {% if (entry.pubdate|string)[:10] != '0101-01-01' %}
       <div class="publishing-date">
         <p>{{_('Published')}}: {{entry.pubdate|formatdate}} </p>
       </div>
diff --git a/cps/ub.py b/cps/ub.py
index 3dfb5347..c39b96a6 100644
--- a/cps/ub.py
+++ b/cps/ub.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def get_sidebar_config(kwargs=None):
          "visibility": constants.SIDEBAR_ARCHIVED, 'public': (not g.user.is_anonymous), "page": "archived",
          "show_text": _('Show archived books'), "config_show": content})
     sidebar.append(
-        {"glyph": "glyphicon-th-list", "text": _('Books List'), "link": 'web.books_list', "id": "list",
+        {"glyph": "glyphicon-th-list", "text": _('Books List'), "link": 'web.books_table', "id": "list",
          "visibility": constants.SIDEBAR_LIST, 'public': (not g.user.is_anonymous), "page": "list",
          "show_text": _('Show Books List'), "config_show": content})