diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates.go
index 516124e..eb56819 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/templates.go
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ type templateData struct {
 
 // humanDate ...
 func humanDate(t time.Time) string {
-	return t.Format("02 Jan 2006 at 15:04")
+	if t.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return t.UTC().Format("02 Jan 2006 at 15:04")
 }
 
 var functions = template.FuncMap{