diff --git a/fancytokens.php b/fancytokens.php
index bfcd6d9..13f4b78 100644
--- a/fancytokens.php
+++ b/fancytokens.php
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ $protocol = $isSecure ? 'https://' : 'http://';
 	            if( is_numeric( $date_number) && ( $date_unit == 'day'  || $date_unit == 'week' || $date_unit == 'month'  )){ 
 	            // get event data 
 	            $sql = "SELECT e.id , e.summary,  e.title, e.registration_link_text, 
-	             date_format( e.start_date, '%d/%m/%Y à %Hh%i' ) as start_date  ,
+	             e.start_date as start_date  ,
 	             if( e.is_online_registration = 1 AND 
 	               ( e.registration_end_date is null || now() <= e.registration_end_date ) AND
 	               ( e.registration_start_date is null || now() >= e.registration_start_date ), '1', '0') as 
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ $protocol = $isSecure ? 'https://' : 'http://';
 	            if( is_numeric( $token_event_id) ){ 
 	            // get event data 
 	            $sql = "SELECT e.id , e.summary,  e.title, e.registration_link_text, 
-	             date_format( e.start_date, '%d/%m/%Y à %Hh%i' ) as start_date  ,
+	             e.start_date as start_date  ,
 	             if( e.is_online_registration = 1 AND 
 	               ( e.registration_end_date is null || now() <= e.registration_end_date ) AND
 	               ( e.registration_start_date is null || now() >= e.registration_start_date ), '1', '0') as