diff --git a/C4/Calendar.pm b/C4/Calendar.pm
index 657d4b7f5d..2f1f720548 100644
--- a/C4/Calendar.pm
+++ b/C4/Calendar.pm
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ sub _init {
     while (my $row = $repeatable->fetchrow_hashref) {
         my $key = $row->{month} . "/" . $row->{day};
         $day_month_holidays{$key}{title}       = $row->{title};
-        $day_month_holidays{$key}{description} = $row->{description}
+        $day_month_holidays{$key}{description} = $row->{description};
+        $day_month_holidays{$key}{day} = sprintf("%02d", $row->{day});
+        $day_month_holidays{$key}{month} = sprintf("%02d", $row->{month});
     }
     $self->{'day_month_holidays'} = \%day_month_holidays;
 
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ sub _init {
     while (my ($day, $month, $year, $title, $description) = $special->fetchrow) {
         $exception_holidays{"$year/$month/$day"}{title} = $title;
         $exception_holidays{"$year/$month/$day"}{description} = $description;
+        $exception_holidays{"$year/$month/$day"}{date} = 
+		sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", $year, $month, $day);
     }
     $self->{'exception_holidays'} = \%exception_holidays;
 
@@ -125,6 +129,8 @@ sub _init {
     while (my ($day, $month, $year, $title, $description) = $special->fetchrow) {
         $single_holidays{"$year/$month/$day"}{title} = $title;
         $single_holidays{"$year/$month/$day"}{description} = $description;
+        $single_holidays{"$year/$month/$day"}{date} = 
+		sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", $year, $month, $day);
     }
     $self->{'single_holidays'} = \%single_holidays;
     return $self;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/holidays.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/holidays.tmpl
index e3c512f423..d8b0e064c0 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/holidays.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/holidays.tmpl
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ h1 select { width: 20em; }
 <h3>Exceptions</h3>
   <table id="holidayexceptions">
 <thead><tr>
-  <th class="exception">Year/Month/Day</th>
+  <th class="exception">Date</th>
   <th class="exception">Title</th>
   <th class="exception">Description</th>
 </tr>
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ h1 select { width: 20em; }
 <tbody>
   <!-- TMPL_LOOP NAME="EXCEPTION_HOLIDAYS_LOOP" -->
   <tr>
-  <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="KEY" --></td>
+  <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="DATE" --></td>
   <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="TITLE" --></td>
   <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="DESCRIPTION" --></td> 
   </tr>
@@ -405,7 +405,11 @@ h1 select { width: 20em; }
 <table id="holidaysyearlyrepeatable">
 <thead>
 <tr>
+  <!-- TMPL_IF EXPR="dateformat eq 'metric'" -->
+  <th class="repeatableday">Day/Month</th>
+  <!-- TMPL_ELSE -->
   <th class="repeatableday">Month/Day</th>
+  <!-- /TMPL_IF -->
   <th class="repeatableday">Title</th>
   <th class="repeatableday">Description</th>
 </tr>
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ h1 select { width: 20em; }
 <tbody>
   <!-- TMPL_LOOP NAME="DAY_MONTH_HOLIDAYS_LOOP" -->
   <tr>
-  <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="KEY" --></td>
+  <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="DATE" --></td>
   <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="TITLE" --></td> 
   <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="DESCRIPTION" --></td> 
   </tr>
@@ -427,7 +431,7 @@ h1 select { width: 20em; }
 <table id="holidaysunique">
 <thead>
 <tr>
-  <th class="holiday">Year/Month/Day</th>
+  <th class="holiday">Date</th>
   <th class="holiday">Title</th>
   <th class="holiday">Description</th>
 </tr>
@@ -435,7 +439,7 @@ h1 select { width: 20em; }
 <tbody>
     <!-- TMPL_LOOP NAME="HOLIDAYS_LOOP" -->
 <tr>
-  <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="KEY" --></td>
+  <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="DATE" --></td>
   <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="TITLE" --></td>
   <td><!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="DESCRIPTION" --></td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/tools/holidays.pl b/tools/holidays.pl
index 6cc26fa28a..d3a450c42e 100755
--- a/tools/holidays.pl
+++ b/tools/holidays.pl
@@ -76,8 +76,18 @@ foreach my $weekday (keys %$week_days_holidays) {
 my $day_month_holidays = $calendar->get_day_month_holidays();
 my @day_month_holidays;
 foreach my $monthDay (keys %$day_month_holidays) {
+    # Determine date format on month and day.
+    my $day_monthdate;
+    if (C4::Context->preference("dateformat") eq "metric") {
+      $day_monthdate = "$day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{day}/$day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{month}";
+    } elsif (C4::Context->preference("dateformat") eq "us") {
+      $day_monthdate = "$day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{month}/$day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{day}";
+    } else {
+      $day_monthdate = "$day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{month}-$day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{day}";
+    }
     my %day_month;
     %day_month = (KEY => $monthDay,
+                  DATE => $day_monthdate,
                   TITLE => $day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{title},
                   DESCRIPTION => $day_month_holidays->{$monthDay}{description});
     push @day_month_holidays, \%day_month;
@@ -86,8 +96,10 @@ foreach my $monthDay (keys %$day_month_holidays) {
 my $exception_holidays = $calendar->get_exception_holidays();
 my @exception_holidays;
 foreach my $yearMonthDay (keys %$exception_holidays) {
+    my $exceptiondate = C4::Dates->new($exception_holidays->{$yearMonthDay}{date}, "iso");
     my %exception_holiday;
     %exception_holiday = (KEY => $yearMonthDay,
+                          DATE => $exceptiondate->output("syspref"),
                           TITLE => $exception_holidays->{$yearMonthDay}{title},
                           DESCRIPTION => $exception_holidays->{$yearMonthDay}{description});
     push @exception_holidays, \%exception_holiday;
@@ -96,8 +108,10 @@ foreach my $yearMonthDay (keys %$exception_holidays) {
 my $single_holidays = $calendar->get_single_holidays();
 my @holidays;
 foreach my $yearMonthDay (keys %$single_holidays) {
+    my $holidaydate = C4::Dates->new($single_holidays->{$yearMonthDay}{date}, "iso");
     my %holiday;
     %holiday = (KEY => $yearMonthDay,
+                DATE => $holidaydate->output("syspref"),
                 TITLE => $single_holidays->{$yearMonthDay}{title},
                 DESCRIPTION => $single_holidays->{$yearMonthDay}{description});
     push @holidays, \%holiday;