diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/quick_settings_tile_time.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/quick_settings_tile_time.xml
index 4ffbf52389f52..910e1f63f16be 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/quick_settings_tile_time.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/quick_settings_tile_time.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
         android:hand_hour="@drawable/ic_qs_clock_hour"
         android:hand_minute="@drawable/ic_qs_clock_minute"
         />
-    <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.QuickSettingsDateView
+    <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.DateView
         android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.QuickSettings.TileView"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
+        android:gravity="center"
         />
-</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/QuickSettingsDateView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/QuickSettingsDateView.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c52f94b17ddcb..0000000000000
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/QuickSettingsDateView.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy;
-
-import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.IntentFilter;
-import android.text.format.DateFormat;
-import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.ViewParent;
-import android.widget.TextView;
-
-import com.android.systemui.R;
-
-import java.util.Date;
-
-public final class QuickSettingsDateView extends DateView {
-
-    public QuickSettingsDateView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
-        super(context, attrs);
-    }
-
-    protected void updateClock() {
-        final Context context = getContext();
-        Date now = new Date();
-        CharSequence dow = DateFormat.format("MMM d, yyyy", now);
-        setText(dow);
-    }
-}