diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c087e1..e47cac4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ Dates of blog posts and single pages are rendered with the default date format c
   date_format = "2. January 2006"
 ```
 
-See hugo's documentation of the [`dateFormat` function](https://gohugo.io/functions/dateformat/) for more details.
+With hugo 0.87.0 and above, you can also use predefined layout, like `:date_full`, and it will output localized dates or times. 
+See hugo's documentation of the [`time.Format` function](https://gohugo.io/functions/dateformat/) for more details.
 
 
 ### Nearly finished
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index a40a4c5..a8978ed 100755
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       {{/* Hugo uses Go's date formatting is set by example. Here are two formats */}}
       {{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
       <time class="f6 mv4 dib tracked" {{ printf `datetime="%s"` (.Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00") | safeHTMLAttr }}>
-        {{- .Date.Format (default "January 2, 2006" .Site.Params.date_format) -}}
+        {{- .Date | time.Format (default "January 2, 2006" .Site.Params.date_format) -}}
       </time>
       {{end}}
 
diff --git a/layouts/post/summary.html b/layouts/post/summary.html
index aa92cc7..05653f5 100644
--- a/layouts/post/summary.html
+++ b/layouts/post/summary.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
   <div class="mb3 pa4 {{ $.Param "text_color" | default "mid-gray" }} overflow-hidden">
     {{ if .Date }}
       <div class="f6">
-        {{ .Date.Format (default "January 2, 2006" .Site.Params.date_format) }}
+        {{ .Date | time.Format (default "January 2, 2006" .Site.Params.date_format) }}
       </div>
     {{ end }}
     <h1 class="f3 near-black">