diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Author.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Author.pm
index d6f950e222..9fbf81202c 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Author.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Author.pm
@@ -73,15 +73,18 @@ sub index : Chained('root') PathPart('') Args(0) {
         @$releases;
     $c->res->last_modified($date) if $date;
 
+    my ( $aggregated, $latest ) = @{ $self->_calc_aggregated($releases) };
+
     $c->stash(
         {
-            author      => $author,
-            faves       => $faves,
-            releases    => $releases,
-            show_author => 1,
-            template    => 'author.html',
-            took        => $took,
-            total       => $data->{hits}->{total},
+            aggregated => $aggregated,
+            author     => $author,
+            faves      => $faves,
+            latest     => $latest,
+            releases   => $releases,
+            template   => 'author.html',
+            took       => $took,
+            total      => $data->{hits}->{total},
         }
     );
 
@@ -129,6 +132,29 @@ sub releases : Chained('root') PathPart Args(0) {
     );
 }
 
+sub _calc_aggregated {
+    my ( $self, $releases ) = @_;
+
+    my @aggregated;
+    my $latest = $releases->[0];
+    my $last;
+
+    for my $rel ( @{$releases} ) {
+        my ( $canon_rel, $canon_lat ) = map {
+            DateTime::Format::ISO8601->parse_datetime($_)
+                ->strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+        } ( $rel->{date}, $latest->{date} );
+        $latest = $rel if $canon_rel > $canon_lat;
+
+        next if $last and $last eq $rel->{distribution};
+        $last = $rel->{distribution};
+        next unless $rel->{name};
+        push @aggregated, $rel;
+    }
+
+    return [ \@aggregated, $latest ];
+}
+
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/View/HTML.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/View/HTML.pm
index b5a345ed85..342e63085b 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/View/HTML.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/View/HTML.pm
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ sub format_datetime {
     );
 }
 
-sub canonical_datetime {
-    my $date = shift;
-    my $dt   = parse_datetime($date);
-    return int(
-        sprintf( '%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d',
-            @$dt{qw(year month day hour minute second)} )
-    );
-}
-
 # format just the date consistent with W3CDTF / ISO 8601 / RFC 3339
 sub common_date_format {
     my $date = shift;
@@ -80,9 +71,6 @@ Template::Alloy->define_vmethod( 'text', dt => \&parse_datetime );
 
 Template::Alloy->define_vmethod( 'text', dt_http => \&format_datetime );
 
-Template::Alloy->define_vmethod( 'text',
-    dt_canonical => \&canonical_datetime );
-
 Template::Alloy->define_vmethod( 'text',
     dt_date_common => \&common_date_format );
 
diff --git a/root/author.html b/root/author.html
index 4a1f6be72c..6498f5fb5d 100644
--- a/root/author.html
+++ b/root/author.html
@@ -93,24 +93,6 @@
         </a>
     </li>
     <% END; END; END %>
-    <%
-        i = 0;
-        aggregated = [];
-        latest = releases[0];
-        FOREACH release IN releases;
-            IF release.date.dt_canonical > latest.date.dt_canonical;
-                latest = release;
-            END;
-            IF last == release.distribution;
-                NEXT;
-            ELSE;
-                last = release.distribution;
-            END;
-            UNLESS release.name;
-                NEXT;
-            END;
-            aggregated.push(release);
-        END %>
     <li class="nav-header">Activity</li>
     <li><% INCLUDE inc/activity.html query = 'author=' _ author.pauseid %></li>
     <% INCLUDE inc/release-latest.html %>