diff --git a/frontend/app/scripts/components/organisation/OrgConfigListCmp.js b/frontend/app/scripts/components/organisation/OrgConfigListCmp.js
index f96da1fade..58c4b94f29 100644
--- a/frontend/app/scripts/components/organisation/OrgConfigListCmp.js
+++ b/frontend/app/scripts/components/organisation/OrgConfigListCmp.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     angular.module('theHiveComponents')
         .component('orgConfigList', {
-            controller: function($scope, $q, NotificationSrv, AlertingSrv, UiSettingsSrv) {
+            controller: function($scope, $q, $interval, NotificationSrv, AlertingSrv, UiSettingsSrv) {
                 var self = this;
 
                 self.alertSimilarityFilters = [];
@@ -66,7 +66,19 @@
                     self.loadSettings(this.uiConfig);
 
                     self.alertSimilarityFilters = AlertingSrv.getSimilarityFilters();
+
+
+                    self.timer = $interval(function() {
+                        self.date = new moment();
+                      }, 1000);
+
                 };
+
+                self.$onDestroy = function() {
+                    if(self.timer) {
+                        $interval.cancel(self.timer);
+                    }
+                }
             },
             controllerAs: '$ctrl',
             templateUrl: 'views/components/org/config.list.html',
diff --git a/frontend/app/scripts/filters/custom-field-value.js b/frontend/app/scripts/filters/custom-field-value.js
index 583749dabd..91afae1e66 100644
--- a/frontend/app/scripts/filters/custom-field-value.js
+++ b/frontend/app/scripts/filters/custom-field-value.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 (function() {
     'use strict';
-    angular.module('theHiveFilters').filter('customFieldValue', function() {
+    angular.module('theHiveFilters').filter('customFieldValue', function(UiSettingsSrv) {
         return function(customField) {
             if(!customField) {
                 return '';
             }
 
+            var format = UiSettingsSrv.defaultDateFormat()
+
             switch(customField.type) {
                 case 'date':
-                    return moment(customField.value).format('MM/DD/YY H:mm');
+                    return moment(customField.value).format(format);
                 default:
                     return customField.value;
             }
diff --git a/frontend/app/scripts/filters/filter-value.js b/frontend/app/scripts/filters/filter-value.js
index fa7aeee565..1cd5921b23 100644
--- a/frontend/app/scripts/filters/filter-value.js
+++ b/frontend/app/scripts/filters/filter-value.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 (function() {
     'use strict';
 
-    angular.module('theHiveFilters').filter('filterValue', function(UtilsSrv) {
+    angular.module('theHiveFilters').filter('filterValue', function(UtilsSrv, UiSettingsSrv) {
         return function(value) {
+            var dateFormat = UiSettingsSrv.defaultDateFormat();
+
             if (angular.isArray(value)) {
                 return _.map(value, function(item) {
                     return item.label || item.text;
@@ -33,11 +35,11 @@
                 }
 
                 if(start !== null) {
-                    result.push('From: ' + moment(start).hour(0).minutes(0).seconds(0).format('MM/DD/YY HH:mm'));
+                    result.push('From: ' + moment(start).hour(0).minutes(0).seconds(0).format(dateFormat));
                 }
 
                 if(end !== null) {
-                    result.push('To: ' + moment(end).hour(23).minutes(59).seconds(59).format('MM/DD/YY HH:mm'));
+                    result.push('To: ' + moment(end).hour(23).minutes(59).seconds(59).format(dateFormat));
                 }
 
                 return result.join(', ');
diff --git a/frontend/app/scripts/filters/shortDate.js b/frontend/app/scripts/filters/shortDate.js
index 45af6206e1..bbad28211a 100644
--- a/frontend/app/scripts/filters/shortDate.js
+++ b/frontend/app/scripts/filters/shortDate.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 (function() {
     'use strict';
-    angular.module('theHiveFilters').filter('shortDate', function() {
+    angular.module('theHiveFilters').filter('shortDate', function(UiSettingsSrv) {
         return function(str) {
-            var format = 'MM/DD/YY H:mm';
+            var format = UiSettingsSrv.defaultDateFormat() || 'MM/DD/YY H:mm';
+
             if (angular.isString(str) && str.length > 0) {
                 return moment(str, ['YYYYMMDDTHHmmZZ', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH:mm']).format(format);
             } else if (angular.isNumber(str)) {
diff --git a/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/UiSettingsSrv.js b/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/UiSettingsSrv.js
index 4ffaabd92b..22bd5fc97d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/UiSettingsSrv.js
+++ b/frontend/app/scripts/services/api/UiSettingsSrv.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
         this.keys = [
             'hideEmptyCaseButton',
             'disallowMergeAlertInResolvedSimilarCases',
-            'defaultAlertSimilarCaseFilter'
+            'defaultAlertSimilarCaseFilter',
+            'defaultDateFormat'
         ];
 
         this.clearCache = function() {
diff --git a/frontend/app/views/components/org/config.list.html b/frontend/app/views/components/org/config.list.html
index 7bcbfe2df3..a6ffcc7837 100644
--- a/frontend/app/views/components/org/config.list.html
+++ b/frontend/app/views/components/org/config.list.html
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
     <div class="col-md-12">
         <form name="settingsForm" class="mt-xs form-horizontal" ng-submit="$ctrl.save(settingsForm)" novalidate>
             <div class="form-group">
-                <label class="col-md-3 control-label">Hide <em>Empty Case</em> button</label>
-                <div class="col-md-9">
+                <label class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 control-label">Hide <em>Empty Case</em> button</label>
+                <div class="col-lg-9 col-md-8">
                     <div class="checkbox">
                         <label>
                           <input name="hideEmptyCaseButton" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.configs['hideEmptyCaseButton']"> Check this to disallow creating empty cases
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
             </div>
 
             <div class="form-group">
-                <label class="col-md-3 control-label">Merge alerts into closed cases</label>
-                <div class="col-md-9">
+                <label class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 control-label">Merge alerts into closed cases</label>
+                <div class="col-lg-9 col-md-6">
                     <div class="checkbox">
                         <label>
                           <input name="disallowMergeAlertInResolvedSimilarCases" type="checkbox"
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
             </div>
 
             <div class="form-group">
-                <label class="col-md-3 control-label">Select the default filter of alert case similarity panel</label>
-                <div class="col-md-3">
+                <label class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 control-label">Select the default filter of alert case similarity panel</label>
+                <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-8">
                     <select class="form-control" name="defaultAlertSimilarCaseFilter"
                         ng-options="k as o.label for (k, o) in $ctrl.alertSimilarityFilters"
                         ng-model="$ctrl.configs['defaultAlertSimilarCaseFilter']">
@@ -34,6 +34,26 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="form-group">
+                <label class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 control-label">Define the default date format used to display dates</label>
+                <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-8">
+                    <input class="form-control" type="text" name="defaultDateFormat" ng-model="$ctrl.configs['defaultDateFormat']">
+                    <span>Result: <code>{{$ctrl.date | amDateFormat:$ctrl.configs['defaultDateFormat']}}</code></span>
+
+                    <div class="mt-xxs">
+                        <label>More examples:</label>
+                        <ul class="list-unstyled">
+                            <li><em class="text-bold">YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm</em> results in <code>{{$ctrl.date | amDateFormat:'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm'}}</code></li>
+                            <li><em class="text-bold">DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm</em> results in <code>{{$ctrl.date | amDateFormat:'DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm'}}</code></li>
+                            <li><em class="text-bold">DD.MM.YY HH:mm:ss</em> results in <code>{{$ctrl.date | amDateFormat:'DD.MM.YY HH:mm:ss'}}</code></li>
+                            <li><em class="text-bold">MM-DD-YYYY HH:mm:ss</em> results in <code>{{$ctrl.date | amDateFormat:'MM-DD-YYYY HH:mm:ss'}}</code></li>
+                        </ul>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- defaultDateFormat -->
+
             <div class="mt-s">
                 <button class="btn btn-primary pull-right" ng-disabled="settingsForm.$invalid" type="submit">Save</button>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/action.html b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/action.html
index cee267be57..ce31b2ffdf 100644
--- a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/action.html
+++ b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/action.html
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
     <div class="flow-item-updates wrap">
         <span ng-repeat="(k, v) in base.details" ng-switch="k">
             <div ng-switch-when="startDate">
-                {{k}}: <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                {{k}}: <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="endDate">
-                {{k}}: <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                {{k}}: <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-default>
                 {{k}}: <em>{{v | limitTo: 250}}</em>
diff --git a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/case.html b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/case.html
index 51039d33be..2cdff0c82d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/case.html
+++ b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/case.html
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
                 </span>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="startDate">
-                {{k}}: <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                {{k}}: <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="endDate">
-                {{k}}: <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                {{k}}: <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="tlp">
                 {{k}}: <tlp format="'static'" value="v"></tlp>
diff --git a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/observable-job.html b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/observable-job.html
index d84482cc36..197d15613d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/observable-job.html
+++ b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/observable-job.html
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
     <div class="flow-item-updates wrap">
         <span ng-repeat="(k, v) in base.details" ng-switch="k">
             <div ng-switch-when="startDate">
-                {{k}}: <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                {{k}}: <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="endDate">
-                {{k}}: <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                {{k}}: <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-default>
                 {{k}}: <em>{{v | limitTo: 250}}</em>
diff --git a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/procedure.html b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/procedure.html
index 8bd0958490..73da560992 100644
--- a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/procedure.html
+++ b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/procedure.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="flow-item-updates" ng-switch-when="Creation">
         <div>
-            occureDate: <span><em>{{base.details.occurDate | showDate}}</em></span>
+            occureDate: <span><em>{{base.details.occurDate | shortDate}}</em></span>
         </div>
         <div>
             description: <span><em>{{(base.details.procedure || '-')| limitTo: 250}}</em></span>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <span ng-repeat="(k, v) in base.details" ng-switch="k">
             <div ng-switch-when="occurDate">
                 {{k}}:
-                <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-default>
                 {{k}}:
diff --git a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/task.html b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/task.html
index 3f899e4c24..0c4de180ed 100644
--- a/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/task.html
+++ b/frontend/app/views/directives/flow/task.html
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@
     <div class="flow-item-updates" ng-switch-default>
         <span ng-repeat="(k, v) in base.details" ng-switch="k">
             <div ng-switch-when="owner">
-                {{k}}:                
+                {{k}}:
                 <em><user-info value="v" field="name"></user-info></em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="startDate">
                 {{k}}:
-                <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-when="endDate">
                 {{k}}:
-                <em>{{v | showDate}}</em>
+                <em>{{v | shortDate}}</em>
             </div>
             <div ng-switch-default>
                 {{k}}:
diff --git a/thehive/conf/reference.conf b/thehive/conf/reference.conf
index cfab71532e..1af2da6dea 100644
--- a/thehive/conf/reference.conf
+++ b/thehive/conf/reference.conf
@@ -182,5 +182,6 @@ integrityCheck {
 organisation.defaults {
   ui.hideEmptyCaseButton: false
   ui.disallowMergeAlertInResolvedSimilarCases: false
-  ui.defaultAlertSimilarCaseFilter: "open-cases"
+  ui.defaultAlertSimilarCaseFilter: "open-cases",
+  ui.defaultDateFormat: "MM/DD/YY HH:mm"
 }