diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py
index 9109efd292..582123b78f 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py
@@ -77,5 +77,4 @@ def compute_unit_state(unit):
 
 
 def get_date_display(date):
-    print date, type(date)
     return date.strftime("%d %B, %Y at %I:%M %p")
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
index 3e49e9f35a..ce476be481 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 import tarfile
 import shutil
+from datetime import datetime
 from collections import defaultdict
 from uuid import uuid4
 from lxml import etree
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ def edit_unit(request, location):
         'draft_preview_link': preview_lms_link,
         'published_preview_link': lms_link,
         'subsection': containing_subsection,
+        'release_date': get_date_display(datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(containing_subsection.start))),
         'section': containing_section,
         'create_new_unit_template': Location('i4x', 'edx', 'templates', 'vertical', 'Empty'),
         'unit_state': unit_state,
diff --git a/cms/templates/unit.html b/cms/templates/unit.html
index 28948b0ab6..0f4f999599 100644
--- a/cms/templates/unit.html
+++ b/cms/templates/unit.html
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
               <p class="publish-draft-message">This is a draft of the published unit. To update the live version, you must <a href="#" id="publish-draft">replace it with this draft</a>.</p>
             </div>            
             <div class="row status">
-              <p>This unit is scheduled to be released to <strong>students</strong> on <strong>${subsection.start}</strong> with the subsection <a href="${reverse('edit_subsection', kwargs={'location': subsection.location})}">"${subsection.display_name}"</a></p>
+              <p>This unit is scheduled to be released to <strong>students</strong> on <strong>${release_date}</strong> with the subsection <a href="${reverse('edit_subsection', kwargs={'location': subsection.location})}">"${subsection.display_name}"</a></p>
             </div>
             <div class="row unit-actions">
               <a id="save-draft" href="#" class="save-button">Save Draft</a>