--- a/frontends/src/primitivus/chat.py	Mon Aug 08 00:50:01 2016 +0200
+++ b/frontends/src/primitivus/chat.py	Mon Aug 08 21:05:04 2016 +0200
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 from sat_frontends.primitivus.keys import action_key_map as a_key
 from sat_frontends.primitivus.widget import PrimitivusWidget
 from sat_frontends.primitivus.contact_list import ContactList
-import time
-import locale
 from functools import total_ordering
 import bisect
 
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@
         """
         self.mess_data = mess_data
         mess_data.widgets.add(self)
-        self.timestamp = time.localtime(mess_data.timestamp)
         super(MessageWidget, self).__init__(urwid.Text(self.markup))
 
     @property
@@ -119,10 +116,8 @@
 
         # timestamp
         if self.parent.show_timestamp:
-            # if the message was sent before today, we print the full date
-            time_format = u"%c" if self.timestamp < self.parent.day_change else u"%H:%M"
             attr = 'msg_mention' if mention else 'date'
-            markup.append((attr, u"[{}]".format(time.strftime(time_format, self.timestamp).decode(locale.getlocale()[1]))))
+            markup.append((attr, u"[{}]".format(d.time_text)))
         else:
             if mention:
                 markup.append(('msg_mention', '[*]'))
@@ -284,7 +279,6 @@
         # focus marker is a separator indicated last visible message before focus was lost
         self.focus_marker = None  # link to current marker
         self.focus_marker_set = None  # True if a new marker has been inserted
-        self.day_change = time.strptime(time.strftime("%a %b %d 00:00:00  %Y"))  # struct_time of day changing time
         self.show_timestamp = True
         self.show_short_nick = False
         self.show_title = 1  # 0: clip title; 1: full title; 2: no title

--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_chat.py	Mon Aug 08 00:50:01 2016 +0200
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_chat.py	Mon Aug 08 21:05:04 2016 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 from sat_frontends.quick_frontend.constants import Const as C
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from sat_frontends.tools import jid
+import locale
+import time
 
 ROOM_USER_JOINED = 'ROOM_USER_JOINED'
 ROOM_USER_LEFT = 'ROOM_USER_LEFT'
@@ -99,6 +101,14 @@
                 log.error(u"Can't find message for uid {}".format(self.uid))
                 return ''
 
+    @property
+    def time_text(self):
+        """Return timestamp in a nicely formatted way"""
+        # if the message was sent before today, we print the full date
+        timestamp = time.localtime(self.timestamp)
+        time_format = u"%c" if timestamp < self.parent.day_change else u"%H:%M"
+        return time.strftime(time_format, timestamp).decode(locale.getlocale()[1])
+
     def getNick(self, entity):
         """Return nick of an entity when possible"""
         contact_list = self.host.contact_lists[self.profile]
@@ -191,6 +201,7 @@
         self.messages = OrderedDict()  # key: uid, value: Message instance
         self.games = {}  # key=game name (unicode), value=instance of quick_games.RoomGame
         self.subject = subject
+        self.day_change = time.strptime(time.strftime("%a %b %d 00:00:00  %Y"))  # struct_time of day changing time
 
     def postInit(self):
         """Method to be called by frontend after widget is initialised