diff --git a/portality/static/js/dates.js b/portality/static/js/dates.js
index 8b3715f4a..0216a0da8 100644
--- a/portality/static/js/dates.js
+++ b/portality/static/js/dates.js
@@ -164,6 +164,56 @@ $.extend(true, doaj, {
             return new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);
         },
 
+        formatFullDateTime : function(input){
+            try {
+                // Fast validation
+                if (typeof input !== "string" || input.length < 20) {
+                console.error("formatTimestamp: Invalid input →", input);
+                return input;
+                }
+
+                // Normalize microseconds → milliseconds (no regex)
+                let normalized = input;
+                const dotIndex = input.indexOf(".");
+                if (dotIndex !== -1) {
+                const zIndex = input.indexOf("Z", dotIndex);
+                if (zIndex !== -1) {
+                    normalized = input.slice(0, dotIndex + 4) + "Z";
+                }
+                }
+
+                const date = new Date(normalized);
+
+                // Invalid date check (fast NaN check)
+                if (date.getTime() !== date.getTime()) {
+                console.error("formatTimestamp: Invalid date →", input);
+                return input;
+                }
+
+                // Extract parts
+                const y = date.getUTCFullYear();
+                const m = date.getUTCMonth() + 1;
+                const d = date.getUTCDate();
+                const h = date.getUTCHours();
+                const min = date.getUTCMinutes();
+                const s = date.getUTCSeconds();
+
+                // Inline formatting (no helper functions)
+                return (
+                y + "-" +
+                (m < 10 ? "0" : "") + m + "-" +
+                (d < 10 ? "0" : "") + d + " " +
+                (h < 10 ? "0" : "") + h + ":" +
+                (min < 10 ? "0" : "") + min + ":" +
+                (s < 10 ? "0" : "") + s
+                );
+
+            } catch (error) {
+                console.error("formatTimestamp: Unexpected error →", error, "Input:", input);
+                return input;
+            }
+        },
+
         formatDate: function (date, format) {
             const monthNamesShort = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
             const monthNamesFull = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'];
diff --git a/portality/static/js/edges/admin.background_jobs.edge.js b/portality/static/js/edges/admin.background_jobs.edge.js
index ed94d43aa..458359633 100644
--- a/portality/static/js/edges/admin.background_jobs.edge.js
+++ b/portality/static/js/edges/admin.background_jobs.edge.js
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ $.extend(true, doaj, {
 
                     // add the date added to doaj
                     if (resultobj.created_date) {
-                        dateRow += "Job Created: " + doaj.dates.humanYearMonth(resultobj.created_date) + "<br>";
+                        dateRow += "Job Created: " + doaj.dates.formatFullDateTime(resultobj.created_date) + "<br>";
                     }
                     if (resultobj.last_updated) {
-                        dateRow += "Job Last Updated: " + doaj.dates.humanYearMonth(resultobj.last_updated) + "<br>";
+                        dateRow += "Job Last Updated: " + doaj.dates.formatFullDateTime(resultobj.last_updated) + "<br>";
                     }
 
                     var paramsBlock = "";