app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   # Returns a more friendly/readable date time object
   def view_date(date)
     return "" if date.nil? # Handle invalid dates
-    local_time(date)
+    local_time(date, "%b %d, %Y %-I:%M%P")
   end
 end