diff --git a/_layouts/splash.html b/_layouts/splash.html
index c1c2f135daeb44ed54f38b56e0da754a58c2486c..2116502402a3eab777a3bb3e925166a1ffb883dd 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 }}">{% 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 %}
 
     <section class="page__content" itemprop="text">
       {{ content }}