diff --git a/src/tools/common/template.py b/src/tools/common/template.py
index b3aec1e5..8d02a182 100644
--- a/src/tools/common/template.py
+++ b/src/tools/common/template.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
         # custom filters
         self.env.filters['next_gidx'] = self._next_gidx
         self.env.filters['cur_gidx'] = self._cur_gidx
-        self.env.filters['blog_date'] = self._blog_date
+        self.env.filters['date_days'] = self._date_days
 
     def installTranslations(self):
         i18n_dir = os.path.join(self.base_dir, 'i18n')
@@ -319,9 +319,8 @@ class Renderer(object):
         """Use current current global index as suffix"""
         return u"{}_{}".format(value, ctx['gidx'].current())
 
-    def _blog_date(self, timestamp):
-        # FIXME: Q&D, need to be done properly
-        return unicode(int(time.time() - int(timestamp))/(3600*24)) + u" days ago"
+    def _date_days(self, timestamp):
+        return int(time.time() - int(timestamp))/(3600*24)
 
     def render(self, template, theme=None, locale=DEFAULT_LOCALE, root_path=u'', css_files=None, css_inline=False, **kwargs):
         """render a template