diff --git a/app/controllers/session_controller.rb b/app/controllers/session_controller.rb
index 19ab63823c5..ca1e4b24a3b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/session_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/session_controller.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class SessionController < ApplicationController
       if @user.confirm_password?(params[:password])
 
         if @user.is_banned?
-          render json: { error: I18n.t("login.banned", {date: I18n.l(@user.banned_till, format: :short_no_year)}) }
+          render json: { error: I18n.t("login.banned", {date: I18n.l(@user.banned_till, format: :date_only)}) }
           return
         end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 3ee2b813579..954053debd3 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ en:
     formats:
       short: "%m-%d-%Y"
       short_no_year: "%B %-d"
+      date_only: "%b %-d, %Y"
 
   title: "Discourse"
   topics: "Topics"