diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/UIConfiguration.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/UIConfiguration.java
index 1ad1f483ac..52782baa5b 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/UIConfiguration.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/UIConfiguration.java
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ public static RootUrlMode parse(String value) {
   @NotNull
   private String taskS3LogOmitPrefix = "";
 
+  @NotEmpty
+  private String timestampFormat = "lll";
+
+  @NotEmpty
+  private String timestampWithSecondsFormat = "lll:ss";
+
   public boolean isHideNewDeployButton() {
     return hideNewDeployButton;
   }
@@ -150,4 +156,19 @@ public void setTaskS3LogOmitPrefix(String taskS3LogOmitPrefix) {
     this.taskS3LogOmitPrefix = taskS3LogOmitPrefix;
   }
 
+  public String getTimestampFormat() {
+    return timestampFormat;
+  }
+
+  public void setTimestampFormat(String timestampFormat) {
+    this.timestampFormat = timestampFormat;
+  }
+
+  public String getTimestampWithSecondsFormat() {
+    return timestampWithSecondsFormat;
+  }
+
+  public void setTimestampWithSecondsFormat(String timestampWithSecondsFormat) {
+    this.timestampWithSecondsFormat = timestampWithSecondsFormat;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java
index b1abae7ba7..cb991315dd 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ public class IndexView extends View {
 
   private final Integer warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct;
 
+  private final String timestampFormat;
+
+  private final String timestampWithSecondsFormat;
+
   public IndexView(String singularityUriBase, String appRoot, SingularityConfiguration configuration) {
     super("index.mustache");
 
@@ -76,6 +80,10 @@ public IndexView(String singularityUriBase, String appRoot, SingularityConfigura
     this.taskS3LogOmitPrefix = configuration.getUiConfiguration().getTaskS3LogOmitPrefix();
 
     this.warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct = configuration.getWarnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct();
+
+    this.timestampFormat = configuration.getUiConfiguration().getTimestampFormat();
+
+    this.timestampWithSecondsFormat = configuration.getUiConfiguration().getTimestampWithSecondsFormat();
   }
 
   public String getAppRoot() {
@@ -158,6 +166,14 @@ public Integer getWarnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct() {
     return warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct;
   }
 
+  public String getTimestampFormat() {
+    return timestampFormat;
+  }
+
+  public String getTimestampWithSecondsFormat() {
+    return timestampWithSecondsFormat;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "IndexView[" +
@@ -180,6 +196,8 @@ public String toString() {
             ", finishedTaskLogPath='" + finishedTaskLogPath + '\'' +
             ", commonHostnameSuffixToOmit='" + commonHostnameSuffixToOmit + '\'' +
             ", warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct='" + warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct + '\'' +
+            ", timestampFormat='" + timestampFormat + '\'' +
+            ", timestampWithSecondsFormat='" + timestampWithSecondsFormat + '\'' +
             ']';
   }
 }
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache b/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache
index a563c6aee4..655dc5a63f 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
             taskS3LogOmitPrefix: "{{{ taskS3LogOmitPrefix }}}",
             slaveHttpPort: {{{slaveHttpPort}}},
             warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct: {{{warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct}}},
+            timestampFormat: localStorage.getItem('timestampFormatOverride') || "{{{timestampFormat}}}",
+            timestampWithSecondsFormat: localStorage.getItem('timestampWithSecondsFormatOverride') || "{{{timestampWithSecondsFormat}}}",
             {{#slaveHttpsPort}}
             slaveHttpsPort: {{{slaveHttpsPort}}}
             {{/slaveHttpsPort}}
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/handlebarsHelpers.coffee b/SingularityUI/app/handlebarsHelpers.coffee
index 5447eb67ab..9e4e21b158 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/handlebarsHelpers.coffee
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/handlebarsHelpers.coffee
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper 'withLast', (list, options) ->
 Handlebars.registerHelper 'timestampFromNow', (timestamp) ->
     return '' if not timestamp
     timeObject = moment timestamp
-    "#{timeObject.fromNow()} (#{ timeObject.format 'lll'})"
+    "#{timeObject.fromNow()} (#{ timeObject.format window.config.timestampFormat})"
 
 Handlebars.registerHelper 'ifTimestampInPast', (timestamp, options) ->
     return options.inverse @ if not timestamp
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper 'timestampDuration', (timestamp) ->
 Handlebars.registerHelper 'timestampFormatted', (timestamp) ->
     return '' if not timestamp
     timeObject = moment timestamp
-    timeObject.format 'lll'
+    timeObject.format window.config.timestampFormat
 
 Handlebars.registerHelper 'timestampFormattedWithSeconds', (timestamp) ->
     return '' if not timestamp
     timeObject = moment timestamp
-    timeObject.format 'lll:ss'
+    timeObject.format window.config.timestampWithSecondsFormat
 
 # 'DRIVER_NOT_RUNNING' => 'Driver not running'
 Handlebars.registerHelper 'humanizeText', (text) ->
diff --git a/SingularityUI/config.coffee b/SingularityUI/config.coffee
index 537869624d..8abc52328a 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/config.coffee
+++ b/SingularityUI/config.coffee
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ exports.config =
             commonHostnameSuffixToOmit: process.env.SINGULARITY_COMMON_HOSTNAME_SUFFIX_TO_OMIT ? ""
             taskS3LogOmitPrefix: process.env.SINGULARITY_TASK_S3_LOG_OMIT_PREFIX ? ''
             warnIfScheduledJobIsRunningPastNextRunPct: process.env.SINGULARITY_WARN_IF_SCHEDULED_JOB_IS_RUNNING_PAST_NEXT_RUN_PCT ? 200
+            timestampFormat: process.env.SINGULARITY_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT ? 'lll'
+            timestampWithSecondsFormat: process.env.SINGULARITY_TIMESTAMP_WITH_SECONDS_FORMAT ? 'lll:ss'
 
         compiledTemplate = handlebars.compile(indexTemplate)(templateData)
         fs.writeFileSync destination, compiledTemplate