diff --git a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
 <div class="page_footer">
 {motd}
 </div>
+<script type="text/javascript">process_dates()</script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
     <div id="corner-bottom-right"></div>
 
 </div>
+<script type="text/javascript">process_dates()</script>
 </body>
 </html>