diff --git a/mod/assign/locallib.php b/mod/assign/locallib.php
index 8f900529aee..879c2978f38 100644
--- a/mod/assign/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/locallib.php
@@ -6523,7 +6523,7 @@ class assign {
         $info->courseassignsurl = $CFG->wwwroot . '/mod/assign/index.php?id=' . $course->id;
 
         // Time of the action.
-        $info->timeupdated = userdate($updatetime, get_string('strftimerecentfull'));
+        $info->timeupdated = userdate($updatetime);
 
         // Other data passed in.
         $info = (object) array_merge((array) $info, $extrainfo);