diff --git a/_layouts/single.html b/_layouts/single.html
index 05f247739a1a03874e792311de86040d1e609cd2..81915e93dea637c87ba3686e94d6d5f3f044d037 100644
--- a/_layouts/single.html
+++ b/_layouts/single.html
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ layout: default
   <article class="page" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork">
     {% if page.title %}<meta itemprop="headline" content="{{ page.title | markdownify | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape_once }}">{% endif %}
     {% if page.excerpt %}<meta itemprop="description" content="{{ page.excerpt | markdownify | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape_once }}">{% endif %}
-    {% if page.date %}<meta itemprop="datePublished" content="{{ page.date | date: date_to_xmlschema }}">{% endif %}
-    {% if page.last_modified_at %}<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="{{ page.last_modified_at | date: date_to_xmlschema }}">{% endif %}
+    {% if page.date %}<meta itemprop="datePublished" content="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{% endif %}
+    {% if page.last_modified_at %}<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="{{ page.last_modified_at | date_to_xmlschema }}">{% endif %}
 
     <div class="page__inner-wrap">
       {% unless page.header.type == 'overlay' or page.header.type == 'default' %}
diff --git a/_layouts/splash.html b/_layouts/splash.html
index b1f2ac009f4b3039ab855677a97bb372eeb01577..60567c656b7382c4e141cac3910cc314bbb45029 100644
--- a/_layouts/splash.html
+++ b/_layouts/splash.html
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ layout: default
   <article class="splash" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork">
     {% if page.title %}<meta itemprop="headline" content="{{ page.title | markdownify | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape_once }}">{% endif %}
     {% if page.excerpt %}<meta itemprop="description" content="{{ page.excerpt | markdownify | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape_once }}">{% endif %}
-    {% if page.date %}<meta itemprop="datePublished" content="{{ page.date | date: date_to_xmlschema %d, %Y" }}">{% endif %}
-    {% if page.last_modified_at %}<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="{{ page.last_modified_at | date: date_to_xmlschema %d, %Y" }}">{% endif %}
+    {% if page.date %}<meta itemprop="datePublished" content="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{% endif %}
+    {% if page.last_modified_at %}<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="{{ page.last_modified_at | date_to_xmlschema }}">{% endif %}
 
     <section class="page__content" itemprop="text">
       {{ content }}