diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 7cd4e898..46b23dcb 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function tick_padding(axis::Axis)
     else
         vals, labs = ticks
         ptsz = axis[:tickfont].pointsize * pt
-        
+
         # we need to compute the size of the ticks generically
         # this means computing the bounding box and then getting the width/height
         longest_label = maximum(length(lab) for lab in labs)
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 78db2d7d..809c3477 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -792,12 +792,10 @@ abline!(args...; kw...) = abline!(current(), args...; kw...)
 
 @recipe function f{T<:AbstractArray{Date}}(::Type{T}, dts::T)
     date_formatter = dt -> string(convert(Date, dt))
-    xformatter := date_formatter
-    map(dt->convert(Int,dt), dts)
+    Formatted(map(dt->convert(Int,dt), dts), date_formatter)
 end
 
 @recipe function f{T<:AbstractArray{DateTime}}(::Type{T}, dts::T)
     date_formatter = dt -> string(convert(DateTime, dt))
-    xformatter := date_formatter
-    map(dt->convert(Int,dt), dts)
+    Formatted(map(dt->convert(Int,dt), dts), date_formatter)
 end