diff --git a/src/abaddon.cpp b/src/abaddon.cpp
index 7f4281d..b0a1a56 100644
--- a/src/abaddon.cpp
+++ b/src/abaddon.cpp
@@ -1154,9 +1154,14 @@ void Abaddon::on_window_hide() {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-    if (std::getenv("ABADDON_NO_FC") == nullptr)
+    if (std::getenv("ABADDON_NO_FC") == nullptr) {
         Platform::SetupFonts();
+    }
 
+    // windows doesnt have langinfo.h so some localization falls back to translation strings
+    // i dont like the default translation so this lets us use strftime
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
     char *systemLocale = std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     try {
         if (systemLocale != nullptr) {
@@ -1170,6 +1175,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             }
         } catch (...) {}
     }
+#endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
     TCHAR buf[2] { 0 };
diff --git a/src/discord/snowflake.cpp b/src/discord/snowflake.cpp
index 43fe91e..361bd9e 100644
--- a/src/discord/snowflake.cpp
+++ b/src/discord/snowflake.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "util.hpp"
 
+#include <glibmm/datetime.h>
+
 constexpr static uint64_t DiscordEpochSeconds = 1420070400;
 
 const Snowflake Snowflake::Invalid = -1ULL;
@@ -56,11 +58,8 @@ bool Snowflake::IsValid() const {
 }
 
 Glib::ustring Snowflake::GetLocalTimestamp() const {
-    const time_t secs_since_epoch = (m_num / SecondsInterval) + DiscordEpochSeconds;
-    const std::tm tm = *localtime(&secs_since_epoch);
-    std::array<char, 256> tmp {};
-    std::strftime(tmp.data(), sizeof(tmp), "%X %x", &tm);
-    return tmp.data();
+    const gint64 secs_since_epoch = (m_num / SecondsInterval) + DiscordEpochSeconds;
+    return FormatUnixEpoch(secs_since_epoch);
 }
 
 uint64_t Snowflake::GetUnixMilliseconds() const noexcept {
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 09bb368..85d4b44 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -63,27 +63,33 @@ int GetTimezoneOffset() {
     return static_cast<int>(local_secs - gmt_secs);
 }
 
-std::string FormatISO8601(const std::string &in, int extra_offset, const std::string &fmt) {
-    int yr, mon, day, hr, min, sec, tzhr, tzmin;
-    float milli;
-    std::sscanf(in.c_str(), "%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%d%f+%d:%d",
-                &yr, &mon, &day, &hr, &min, &sec, &milli, &tzhr, &tzmin);
+Glib::ustring FormatUnixEpoch(gint64 time, const std::string &fmt) {
+    auto dt = Glib::wrap(g_date_time_new_from_unix_utc(time));
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
     std::tm tm {};
-    tm.tm_year = yr - 1900;
-    tm.tm_mon = mon - 1;
-    tm.tm_mday = day;
-    tm.tm_hour = hr;
-    tm.tm_min = min;
-    tm.tm_sec = sec;
+    tm.tm_year = dt.get_year() - 1900;
+    tm.tm_mon = dt.get_month() - 1;
+    tm.tm_mday = dt.get_day_of_month();
+    tm.tm_hour = dt.get_hour() + 1;
+    tm.tm_min = dt.get_minute();
+    tm.tm_sec = dt.get_second();
     tm.tm_wday = 0;
     tm.tm_yday = 0;
     tm.tm_isdst = -1;
-    int offset = GetTimezoneOffset();
-    tm.tm_sec += offset + extra_offset;
+    tm.tm_sec += GetTimezoneOffset();
     mktime(&tm);
     std::array<char, 512> tmp {};
     std::strftime(tmp.data(), sizeof(tmp), fmt.c_str(), &tm);
     return tmp.data();
+#else
+    return dt.format(fmt);
+#endif
+}
+
+Glib::ustring FormatISO8601(const std::string &in, int extra_offset, const std::string &fmt) {
+    const auto epoch = Glib::DateTime::create_from_iso8601(in).add_seconds(extra_offset).to_unix();
+    return FormatUnixEpoch(epoch);
 }
 
 void ScrollListBoxToSelected(Gtk::ListBox &list) {
diff --git a/src/util.hpp b/src/util.hpp
index fc9568b..4024e34 100644
--- a/src/util.hpp
+++ b/src/util.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <regex>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <condition_variable>
+#include <glibconfig.h>
 #include <optional>
 #include <type_traits>
 
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ std::string GetExtension(std::string url);
 bool IsURLViewableImage(const std::string &url);
 std::vector<uint8_t> ReadWholeFile(const std::string &path);
 std::string HumanReadableBytes(uint64_t bytes);
-std::string FormatISO8601(const std::string &in, int extra_offset = 0, const std::string &fmt = "%x %X");
+Glib::ustring FormatUnixEpoch(gint64 time, const std::string &fmt = "%x %X");
+Glib::ustring FormatISO8601(const std::string &in, int extra_offset = 0, const std::string &fmt = "%x %X");
 void AddPointerCursor(Gtk::Widget &widget);
 
 template<typename T>