diff --git a/resources/lib/backup.py b/resources/lib/backup.py
index 5483396..93387b8 100644
--- a/resources/lib/backup.py
+++ b/resources/lib/backup.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class XbmcBackup:
         date_time = datetime(int(dirName[0:4]),int(dirName[4:6]),int(dirName[6:8]),int(dirName[8:10]),int(dirName[10:12]))
         
         #format the string based on region settings
-        result = "%s %s" % (date_time.strftime(xbmc.getRegion('dateshort')),date_time.strftime(xbmc.getRegion('time')))
+        result = utils.getRegionalTimestamp(date_time, ['dateshort','time'])
         
         return result
 
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index fc921ea..1f4aa0e 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ def setSetting(name,value):
 def getString(string_id):
     return __Addon.getLocalizedString(string_id)
 
+def getRegionalTimestamp(date_time,dateformat=['dateshort']):
+    result = ''
+    
+    for aFormat in dateformat:
+        result = result + ("%s " % date_time.strftime(xbmc.getRegion(aFormat)))
+        
+    return result.strip()
+
 def encode(string):
     result = ''
 
diff --git a/scheduler.py b/scheduler.py
index 431c9d7..cf9adb1 100644
--- a/scheduler.py
+++ b/scheduler.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import xbmc
 import xbmcvfs
 import xbmcgui
-import datetime
+from datetime import datetime
 import time
 import resources.lib.utils as utils
 from resources.lib.croniter import croniter
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ class BackupScheduler:
         #find the cron expression and get the next run time
         cron_exp = self.parseSchedule()
 
-        cron_ob = croniter(cron_exp,datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(now))
+        cron_ob = croniter(cron_exp,datetime.fromtimestamp(now))
         new_run_time = cron_ob.get_next(float)
 
         if(new_run_time != self.next_run):
             self.next_run = new_run_time
-            utils.log("scheduler will run again on " + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run).strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'))
+            utils.log("scheduler will run again on " + utils.getRegionalTimestamp(datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run),['dateshort','time']))
 
             #write the next time to a file
             fh = xbmcvfs.File(self.next_run_path, 'w')
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class BackupScheduler:
 
             #only show when not in silent mode
             if(progress_mode != 2):                        
-                utils.showNotification(utils.getString(30081) + " " + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run).strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'))
+                utils.showNotification(utils.getString(30081) + " " + utils.getRegionalTimestamp(datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run),['dateshort','time']))
                 
     def settingsChanged(self):
         current_enabled = utils.getSetting("enable_scheduler")