diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e7593f2f..36af5f96 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ gem 'rails-observers'
 # for tracking data changes
 gem 'paper_trail'
 
+# Internationalizing gem , use gem according to version of your rails application
+gem 'rails-i18n', '~> 4.0.0' # For 4.0.x
+
 # as authentification framework
 gem 'devise'
 gem 'devise_ichain_authenticatable'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5af62e75..38114ed1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ GEM
       rails-deprecated_sanitizer (>= 1.0.1)
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.0.3)
       loofah (~> 2.0)
+    rails-i18n (4.0.8)
+      i18n (~> 0.7)
+      railties (~> 4.0)
     rails-observers (0.1.2)
       activemodel (~> 4.0)
     railties (4.2.5.2)
@@ -558,6 +561,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-assets-to-markdown!
   rails-assets-trianglify!
   rails-assets-waypoints!
+  rails-i18n (~> 4.0.0)
   rails-observers
   rdoc-generator-fivefish
   redcarpet
@@ -579,3 +583,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   web-console (~> 2.0)
   webmock
   whenever
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   1.11.2
diff --git a/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
index d9e254f5..f11d6fe3 100644
--- a/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class EventSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   def date
     t = object.start_time
-    t.blank? ? '' : %{ #{t.time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')}#{t.formatted_offset(false)} }
+    t.blank? ? '' : %{ #{l t, format: :short}#{t.formatted_offset(false)} }
   end
 
   def speaker_ids
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 179c14ca..1a1147e0 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 en:
   hello: "Hello world"
+  time:
+      formats:
+          short: "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"