diff --git a/tags/review.pl b/tags/review.pl
index 7b846b0fc7..8ea282d58b 100755
--- a/tags/review.pl
+++ b/tags/review.pl
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ if ($filter = $input->param('approved_by')) {	# borrowernumber from link
 }
 $debug and print STDERR "filters: " . Dumper(\%filters);
 my $tagloop = get_approval_rows(\%filters);
+for ( @{$tagloop} ) {
+    $_->{date_approved} = format_date( $_->{date_approved} );
+}
 my $qstring = $input->query_string;
 $qstring =~ s/([&;])*\blimit=\d+//;		# remove pagination var
 $qstring =~ s/^;+//;					# remove leading delims