diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Date.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Date.swift
index 1e292c39ec..f37a95aeb5 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Date.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Date.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ extension Date {
             return formatted(date: .omitted, time: .shortened)
         } else if calendar.isDateInYesterday(self) {
             // Simply "Yesterday" if it was yesterday.
-            return formatted(Date.RelativeFormatStyle(presentation: .named, capitalizationContext: .beginningOfSentence))
+            guard let yesterday = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -1, to: Date()) else { fatalError() }
+            return yesterday.formatted(Date.RelativeFormatStyle(presentation: .named, capitalizationContext: .beginningOfSentence))
         } else if let sixDaysAgo = calendar.date(byAdding: .day, value: -6, to: calendar.startOfDay(for: .now)),
                   sixDaysAgo <= self {
             // The named day if it was in the last 6 days.
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItems/RoomTimelineItemFactory.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItems/RoomTimelineItemFactory.swift
index b8137ba00b..1ef15d3229 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItems/RoomTimelineItemFactory.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItems/RoomTimelineItemFactory.swift
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ struct RoomTimelineItemFactory: RoomTimelineItemFactoryProtocol {
                 return firstTimestamp > secondTimestamp
             }
             .map { key, receipt in
-                ReadReceipt(userID: key, formattedTimestamp: receipt.dateTimestamp?.formatted(date: .omitted, time: .shortened))
+                ReadReceipt(userID: key, formattedTimestamp: receipt.dateTimestamp?.formattedMinimal())
             }
     }
     
diff --git a/UnitTests/Sources/DateTests.swift b/UnitTests/Sources/DateTests.swift
index 9dced63f93..e3ce8a9ac7 100644
--- a/UnitTests/Sources/DateTests.swift
+++ b/UnitTests/Sources/DateTests.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class DateTests: XCTestCase {
         let yesterday = calendar.date(byAdding: .hour, value: 1, to: startOfYesterday)!
         XCTAssertEqual(yesterday.formattedMinimal(), yesterday.formatted(Date.RelativeFormatStyle(presentation: .named, capitalizationContext: .beginningOfSentence)))
         
+        let nearYesterday = calendar.date(byAdding: DateComponents(hour: -10), to: today)!
+        XCTAssertEqual(nearYesterday.formattedMinimal(), yesterday.formatted(Date.RelativeFormatStyle(presentation: .named, capitalizationContext: .beginningOfSentence)))
+        
         let threeDaysAgo = calendar.date(byAdding: .day, value: -3, to: startOfToday)!
         XCTAssertEqual(threeDaysAgo.formattedMinimal(), threeDaysAgo.formatted(.dateTime.weekday(.wide)))
         
diff --git a/changelog.d/2679.bugfix b/changelog.d/2679.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddd1f90389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2679.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Timestamps in room list inconsistently use absolute and relative formatting
\ No newline at end of file