diff --git a/app/components/LocaleTime.tsx b/app/components/LocaleTime.tsx
index 5b09f3c50..53a38bbe7 100644
--- a/app/components/LocaleTime.tsx
+++ b/app/components/LocaleTime.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const LocaleTime: React.FC<Props> = ({
     fr_FR: "'Le 'd MMMM yyyy 'à' H:mm",
   };
   const formatLocaleLong = dateFormatLong[userLocale] ?? "MMMM do, yyyy h:mm a";
-  const formatLocale = format ? format[userLocale] : formatLocaleLong;
+  const formatLocale = format?.[userLocale] ?? formatLocaleLong;
   const [_, setMinutesMounted] = React.useState(0); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
   const callback = React.useRef<() => void>();