diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
index 8c3327f3a2..75eeae3895 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ from certificates.models import (
 )
 from certificates import api as certs_api
 from bulk_email.models import BulkEmailFlag
-from util.date_utils import get_default_time_display
 
 from class_dashboard.dashboard_data import get_section_display_name, get_array_section_has_problem
 from .tools import get_units_with_due_date, title_or_url
@@ -430,8 +429,8 @@ def _section_course_info(course, access):
         'course_display_name': course.display_name,
         'has_started': course.has_started(),
         'has_ended': course.has_ended(),
-        'start_date': get_default_time_display(course.start),
-        'end_date': get_default_time_display(course.end) or _('No end date set'),
+        'start_date': course.start,
+        'end_date': course.end,
         'num_sections': len(course.children),
         'list_instructor_tasks_url': reverse('list_instructor_tasks', kwargs={'course_id': unicode(course_key)}),
     }
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/accordion.html b/lms/templates/courseware/accordion.html
index 2327f028de..b0c9cab9a5 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/accordion.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/accordion.html
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 <%!
     from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-    from util.date_utils import get_time_display
     from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
     from django.conf import settings
     from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
diff --git a/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html b/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html
index 357672bd22..d3cd9ba5d9 100644
--- a/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html
+++ b/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html
@@ -66,14 +66,17 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 
     <li class="field text is-not-editable" id="field-course-start-date">
       <label for="course-start-date">${_("Course Start Date:")}</label>
-      <b>${ section_data['start_date'] }</b>
+      <b class="localized-datetime" data-datetime="${section_data['start_date']}" data-timezone="${user_timezone}" data-language="${user_language}"></b>
     </li>
 
     <li class="field text is-not-editable" id="field-course-end-date">
       <label for="course-end-date">${_("Course End Date:")}</label>
-      <b>${ section_data['end_date'] }</b>
+        % if course.end is None:
+            <b>${_("No end date set")}</b>
+        % else:
+            <b class="localized-datetime" data-datetime="${section_data['end_date']}" data-timezone="${user_timezone}" data-language="${user_language}"></b>
+        % endif
     </li>
-
     <li class="field text is-not-editable" id="field-course-started">
       <label for="start-date">${_("Has the course started?")}</label>
 
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
         )}
       </p>
   %endif
-</div>
 
+</div>
 
 %if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_INSTRUCTOR_BACKGROUND_TASKS'):
   <div class="running-tasks-container action-type-container">
diff --git a/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/instructor_dashboard_2.html b/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/instructor_dashboard_2.html
index 4ee0efa67f..cda213d72d 100644
--- a/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/instructor_dashboard_2.html
+++ b/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/instructor_dashboard_2.html
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
         </main>
   </div>
 </div>
+
+<%static:require_module_async module_name="js/dateutil_factory" class_name="DateUtilFactory">
+    DateUtilFactory.transform(iterationKey=".localized-datetime");
+</%static:require_module_async>