diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/date.py b/bumblebee/modules/date.py
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..5a370f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/date.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+time.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/time.py b/bumblebee/modules/time.py
index 1ae6e44..9076a94 100644
--- a/bumblebee/modules/time.py
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/time.py
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import bumblebee.module
 
 class Module(bumblebee.module.Module):
     def __init__(self, args):
-        self._fmt = args[0] if args else "%x %X"
+        module = self.__module__.split(".")[-1]
+
+        default = "%x" if module == "date" else "%X"
+        self._fmt = args[0] if args else default
+
         super(Module, self).__init__(args)
 
     def data(self):