diff --git a/static/js/pandora/editor.js b/static/js/pandora/editor.js
index bd959760..a95ed74c 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/editor.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/editor.js
@@ -69,14 +69,11 @@ pandora.ui.editor = function(data) {
                 Ox.Log('', 'addAnnotation', data);
                 // async to not capture keyboard input
                 setTimeout(function() {
-                    var d = new Date(),
-                        created = Ox.formatDate(d, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'),
-                        date = Ox.formatDate(d, '%B %e, %Y'),
+                    var created = Ox.formatDate(new Date(), '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'),
                         type = Ox.getObjectById(pandora.site.layers, data.layer).type;
                     that.addAnnotation(data.layer, Ox.extend(
                         {
                             created: created,
-                            date: date,
                             duration: data.out - data['in'],
                             editable: true,
                             id: '_' + Ox.uid(),
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/utils.js b/static/js/pandora/utils.js
index 10acc033..f933f0e3 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/utils.js
@@ -880,7 +880,6 @@ pandora.getVideoOptions = function(data) {
     pandora.site.layers.forEach(function(layer, i) { 
         options.annotations[i] = Ox.extend({}, layer, {
             items: data.layers[layer.id].map(function(annotation) {
-                annotation.date = Ox.formatDate(annotation.modified.slice(0, 10), '%B %e, %Y');
                 annotation.duration = Math.abs(annotation.out - annotation['in']);
                 annotation.editable = annotation.editable
                     || annotation.user == pandora.user.username