diff --git a/core/database.class.php b/core/database.class.php
index aa557c21..60a90311 100644
--- a/core/database.class.php
+++ b/core/database.class.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Database {
 		}
 
 		if($positive_tag_count + $negative_tag_count == 0) {
-			$query = new Querylet("SELECT * FROM images ");
+			$query = new Querylet("SELECT *,UNIX_TIMESTAMP(posted) AS posted_timestamp FROM images ");
 		}
 		else {
 			$s_tag_array = array_map("sql_escape", $tag_search->variables);
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ class Database {
 					array($positive_tag_count)
 				)
 			);
-			$query = new Querylet("SELECT * FROM ({$subquery->sql}) AS images ", $subquery->variables);
+			$query = new Querylet("
+				SELECT *, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(posted) AS posted_timestamp
+				FROM ({$subquery->sql}) AS images ", $subquery->variables);
 		}
 
 		if(strlen($img_search->sql) > 0) {
@@ -180,7 +182,12 @@ class Database {
 		if($limit < 1) $limit = 1;
 		
 		if(count($tags) == 0) {
-			$result = $this->db->Execute("SELECT * FROM images ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?,?", array($start, $limit));
+			$result = $this->db->Execute("
+				SELECT *,UNIX_TIMESTAMP(posted) AS posted_timestamp
+				FROM images
+				ORDER BY id DESC
+				LIMIT ?,?
+			", array($start, $limit));
 		}
 		else {
 			$querylet = $this->build_search_querylet($tags);
diff --git a/core/image.class.php b/core/image.class.php
index e6438ab3..5ae86cdc 100644
--- a/core/image.class.php
+++ b/core/image.class.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Image {
 		$this->width    = $row['width'];
 		$this->height   = $row['height'];
 		$this->posted   = $row['posted'];
+		$this->posted_timestamp   = $row['posted_timestamp'];
 	}
 
 	private function mime_to_ext($mime) {
diff --git a/ext/rss_images.ext.php b/ext/rss_images.ext.php
index a652a195..61a1f35a 100644
--- a/ext/rss_images.ext.php
+++ b/ext/rss_images.ext.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RSS_Images extends Extension {
 			$link = make_link("post/view/{$image->id}");
 			$tags = $image->get_tag_list();
 			$owner = $image->get_owner();
-			$posted = $image->posted; // FIXME: MySQL date != RSS date
+			$posted = strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T %Z", $image->posted_timestamp);
 			$content = html_escape(
 				"<p>" . build_thumb_html($image) . "</p>" .
 				"<p>Uploaded by " . $owner->name . "</p>"