diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/gui_elements.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/gui_elements.php
index e0bffade7..548a32376 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/gui_elements.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/gui_elements.php
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class Gui_Elements{
     }
     
     public static function time_elapsed_string($ptime){
-        $ptime = DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d-Y H:i:s', $ptime)->getTimestamp();
+        global $TIME_FORMAT;
+        $ptime = DateTime::createFromFormat($TIME_FORMAT, $ptime)->getTimestamp();
         
         $etime = time() - $ptime;
     
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php
index e72a1e216..68293d2f9 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class Helpers{
      
      //Time output function for handling the time display function.
      static public function outputTime($time){
-          return date("m-d-Y H:i:s",strtotime($time));
+          global $TIME_FORMAT;
+          return date($TIME_FORMAT,strtotime($time));
      }
 }
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
index 37590d3c3..49f117a39 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ $DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = 'en';
 
 $SITEBASE = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/html/' ;
 
-$TICKET_LOGGING = true;
\ No newline at end of file
+$TICKET_LOGGING = true;
+$TIME_FORMAT = "m-d-Y H:i:s";
\ No newline at end of file