diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
index 541cecac0..6bcf7a83f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
 #include "gui/MainWindow.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include "ui_BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact.h"
 #include "ui_BoardPostDisplayWidget_card.h"
@@ -194,16 +195,14 @@ void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::baseSetup()
         voteDownButton()->setDisabled(true);
         fromLabel()->setId(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
         titleLabel()->setText(tr( "<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><b>The author of this message (with ID %1) is banned.</b>").arg(QString::fromStdString(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId.toStdString()))) ;
-        QDateTime qtime;
-        qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+        QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
         QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
         dateLabel()->setText(timestamp);
         pictureLabel()->setDisabled(true);
     }
     else
     {
-        QDateTime qtime;
-        qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+        QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
         QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
         QString timestamp2 = misc::timeRelativeToNow(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs) + " " + tr("ago");
         dateLabel()->setText(timestamp);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
index 9824cfda2..5f7c6c286 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include "ui_PostedCardView.h"
 
@@ -186,8 +187,7 @@ void PostedCardView::fill()
 		ui->picture_frame->hide();
 		ui->fromLabel->setId(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
 		ui->titleLabel->setText(tr( "<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><b>The author of this message (with ID %1) is banned.</b>").arg(QString::fromStdString(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId.toStdString()))) ;
-		QDateTime qtime;
-		qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+		QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 		QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
 		ui->dateLabel->setText(timestamp);
 	} else {
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ void PostedCardView::fill()
 		//int desired_height = 1.5*(ui->voteDownButton->height() + ui->voteUpButton->height() + ui->scoreLabel->height());
 		//int desired_width =  sqpixmap2.width()*desired_height/(float)sqpixmap2.height();
 
-		QDateTime qtime;
-		qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+		QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 		QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
 		QString timestamp2 = misc::timeRelativeToNow(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 		ui->dateLabel->setText(timestamp2);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
index 8f1cddf7d..aa5aea9c4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "PhotoView.h"
 #include "gui/Posted/PostedDialog.h"
 #include "ui_PostedItem.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
 
@@ -498,8 +499,7 @@ void PostedItem::fill()
         ui->thumbnailLabel->setPicture( FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-default.png"));
 		ui->fromLabel->setId(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
 		ui->titleLabel->setText(tr( "<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><b>The author of this message (with ID %1) is banned.</b>").arg(QString::fromStdString(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId.toStdString()))) ;
-		QDateTime qtime;
-		qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+		QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 		QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
 		ui->dateLabel->setText(timestamp);
 	} else {
@@ -514,8 +514,7 @@ void PostedItem::fill()
 
         ui->thumbnailLabel->setFixedSize(desired_width,desired_height);
 
-		QDateTime qtime;
-		qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+		QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 		QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
 		QString timestamp2 = misc::timeRelativeToNow(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 		ui->dateLabel->setText(timestamp2);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/WikiPoos/WikiEditDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/WikiPoos/WikiEditDialog.cpp
index 8dd0404d6..857ad0da8 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/WikiPoos/WikiEditDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/WikiPoos/WikiEditDialog.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.h"
 #include "gui/WikiPoos/WikiEditDialog.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -727,10 +728,9 @@ void WikiEditDialog::loadBaseHistory(const uint32_t &token)
 
 		{
 			// From Forum stuff.
-			QDateTime qtime;
+			QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(page.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 			QString text;
 			QString sort;
-			qtime.setTime_t(page.mMeta.mPublishTs);	
 			sort = qtime.toString("yyyyMMdd_hhmmss");
 			text = qtime.toString("dd/MM/yy hh:mm");
 			
@@ -841,10 +841,9 @@ void WikiEditDialog::loadEditTreeData(const uint32_t &token)
 
 		{
 			// From Forum stuff.
-			QDateTime qtime;
+			QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(snapshot.mMeta.mPublishTs);
 			QString text;
 			QString sort;
-			qtime.setTime_t(snapshot.mMeta.mPublishTs);	
 			sort = qtime.toString("yyyyMMdd_hhmmss");
 			text = qtime.toString("dd/MM/yy hh:mm");
 			
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp
index 277b11e4f..85dc8826e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.h"
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include <QAbstractTextDocumentLayout>
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -798,8 +799,7 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::insertComments(const std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comme
 		QString text;
 
 		{
-			QDateTime qtime ;
-			qtime.setTime_t(comment.mMeta.mPublishTs) ;
+			QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(comment.mMeta.mPublishTs) ;
 
 			text = qtime.toString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss") ;
 			item->setText(PCITEM_COLUMN_DATE, text) ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
index 18f518749..c52810218 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
@@ -670,8 +670,7 @@ QVariant RsGxsForumModel::displayRole(const ForumModelPostEntry& fmpe,int col) c
         							if(fmpe.mPostFlags & ForumModelPostEntry::FLAG_POST_IS_MISSING)
                                         return QVariant(QString());
 
-    							    QDateTime qtime;
-									qtime.setTime_t(fmpe.mPublishTs);
+    							    QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(fmpe.mPublishTs);
 
 									return QVariant(DateTime::formatDateTime(qtime));
     							}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
index dc2f16c7c..6e754b096 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
@@ -504,8 +504,7 @@ QVariant RsMessageModel::displayRole(const Rs::Msgs::MsgInfoSummary& fmpe,int co
     case COLUMN_THREAD_SPAM:
     case COLUMN_THREAD_READ:return QVariant();
     case COLUMN_THREAD_DATE:{
-        QDateTime qtime;
-        qtime.setTime_t(fmpe.ts);
+        QDateTime qtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(fmpe.ts);
 
         return QVariant(DateTime::formatDateTime(qtime));
     }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GlobalRouterStatistics.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GlobalRouterStatistics.cpp
index ec3b121f2..ae33bf7f3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GlobalRouterStatistics.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GlobalRouterStatistics.cpp
@@ -188,10 +188,8 @@ void GlobalRouterStatistics::updateContent()
         if(nicknames.isEmpty())
           nicknames = tr("Unknown");
 	  
-	    QDateTime routingtime;
-		routingtime.setTime_t(cache_infos[i].routing_time);
-		QDateTime senttime;
-		senttime.setTime_t(cache_infos[i].last_sent_time);
+	    QDateTime routingtime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(cache_infos[i].routing_time);
+		QDateTime senttime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(cache_infos[i].last_sent_time);
 	  
 		item -> setId(cache_infos[i].destination,COL_NICKNAME, false) ;
         item -> setData(COL_ID,           Qt::DisplayRole, QString::number(cache_infos[i].mid,16).rightJustified(16,'0'));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GxsTransportStatistics.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GxsTransportStatistics.cpp
index 72b986330..d96c4bab0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GxsTransportStatistics.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/GxsTransportStatistics.cpp
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@ void GxsTransportStatistics::updateContent()
 			rsIdentity->getIdDetails(meta.mAuthorId,idDetails);
 			
 			QPixmap pixmap ;
-			QDateTime qdatetime;
-			qdatetime.setTime_t(meta.mPublishTs);
+			QDateTime qdatetime = DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(meta.mPublishTs);
 
 			if(idDetails.mAvatar.mSize == 0 || !GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(idDetails.mAvatar.mData, idDetails.mAvatar.mSize, pixmap,GxsIdDetails::SMALL))
 				pixmap = GxsIdDetails::makeDefaultIcon(meta.mAuthorId,GxsIdDetails::SMALL);