diff --git a/pywb/static/wb.js b/pywb/static/wb.js
index e304831b..2d8b2470 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wb.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wb.js
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ function init_banner() {
     
     text = "<span id='_wb_label'>" + text + "</span>";
 
-    var capture_str = (wbinfo ? wbinfo.capture_str : "");
+    var capture_str = "";
+    if (wbinfo && wbinfo.timestamp) {
+        capture_str = ts_to_date(wbinfo.timestamp, true);
+    }
 
     text += "<b id='_wb_capture_info'>" + capture_str + "</b>";
     
@@ -75,6 +78,27 @@ function init_banner() {
     document.body.insertBefore(banner, document.body.firstChild);
 }
 
+function ts_to_date(ts, is_gmt)
+{
+    if (ts.length < 14) {
+        return ts;
+    }
+    
+    var datestr = (ts.substring(0, 4) + "-" + 
+                  ts.substring(4, 6) + "-" +
+                  ts.substring(6, 8) + "T" +
+                  ts.substring(8, 10) + ":" +
+                  ts.substring(10, 12) + ":" +
+                  ts.substring(12, 14) + "-00:00");
+    
+    var date = new Date(datestr);
+    if (is_gmt) {
+        return date.toGMTString();
+    } else {
+        return date.toLocaleString();
+    }
+}
+
 function add_event(name, func, object) {
     if (object.addEventListener) {
         object.addEventListener(name, func);
@@ -116,7 +140,6 @@ if (wbinfo.is_frame_mp && wbinfo.canon_url &&
 }
 
 return {'labels': labels,
-        'add_event': add_event,
-        'remove_event': remove_event};
+        'ts_to_date': ts_to_date};
 
 })();
diff --git a/pywb/static/wb_frame.js b/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
index 16bddef8..0d7be28d 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wb_frame.js
@@ -19,21 +19,6 @@ function make_inner_url(url, ts)
 }
 
 function push_state(url, timestamp, capture_str, is_live) {
-/*    var curr_href = null;
-    
-    if (window.frames[0].WB_wombat_location) {
-        curr_href = window.frames[0].WB_wombat_location.href;
-    }
-        
-    if (url != curr_href) {
-        update_status(capture_str, is_live);
-        return;
-    }
-    
-    if (!timestamp) {
-        timestamp = extract_ts(window.frames[0].location.href);
-    }
-*/    
     var state = {}
     state.timestamp = timestamp;
     state.outer_url = make_outer_url(url, state.timestamp);
@@ -94,27 +79,6 @@ function update_status(str, is_live) {
     }
 }
 
-function ts_to_date(ts, is_gmt)
-{
-    if (ts.length < 14) {
-        return ts;
-    }
-    
-    var datestr = (ts.substring(0, 4) + "-" + 
-                  ts.substring(4, 6) + "-" +
-                  ts.substring(6, 8) + "T" +
-                  ts.substring(8, 10) + ":" +
-                  ts.substring(10, 12) + ":" +
-                  ts.substring(12, 14) + "-00:00");
-    
-    var date = new Date(datestr);
-    if (is_gmt) {
-        return date.toGMTString();
-    } else {
-        return date.toLocaleString();
-    }
-}
-
 window.onpopstate = function(event) {
     var curr_state = event.state;
     
@@ -149,15 +113,14 @@ function iframe_loaded(event) {
     if (iframe.wbinfo) {
         ts = iframe.wbinfo.timestamp;
         is_live = iframe.wbinfo.is_live;
-        capture_str = iframe.wbinfo.capture_str;
     } else {
         ts = extract_ts(iframe.location.href);
         if (!ts) {
             is_live = true;
             ts = extract_ts_cookie(iframe.document.cookie);
         }
-        capture_str = ts_to_date(ts, true);
     }
+    capture_str = _wb_js.ts_to_date(ts, true);
 
     update_wb_url(url, ts, capture_str, is_live);
 }
diff --git a/pywb/ui/frame_insert.html b/pywb/ui/frame_insert.html
index 9b8b1e51..ce8d4ccd 100644
--- a/pywb/ui/frame_insert.html
+++ b/pywb/ui/frame_insert.html
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <!-- Start WB Insert -->
 <script>
   wbinfo = {}
-  wbinfo.capture_str = " ";
   wbinfo.is_embed = false;
   wbinfo.prefix = "{{ wbrequest.wb_prefix }}";
   wbinfo.capture_url = "{{ url }}";
diff --git a/pywb/ui/head_insert.html b/pywb/ui/head_insert.html
index b1ff4a26..2cd94ab5 100644
--- a/pywb/ui/head_insert.html
+++ b/pywb/ui/head_insert.html
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 <script>
   wbinfo = {}
   wbinfo.timestamp = "{{ cdx.timestamp }}";
-  wbinfo.capture_str = "{{ cdx.timestamp | format_ts }}";
   wbinfo.prefix = "{{ wbrequest.wb_prefix }}";
   wbinfo.is_embed = {{"true" if wbrequest.wb_url.is_embed else "false"}};
   wbinfo.is_frame_mp = {{"true" if wbrequest.wb_url.mod == 'mp_' else "false"}};
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/live_rewrite_handler.py b/pywb/webapp/live_rewrite_handler.py
index 5a013265..15b9b3f8 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/live_rewrite_handler.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/live_rewrite_handler.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class RewriteHandler(SearchPageWbUrlHandler):
         except Exception as exc:
             url = wbrequest.wb_url.url
             msg = 'Could not load the url from the live web: ' + url
-            raise LiveResourceException(msg=msg, url=url)
+            #raise LiveResourceException(msg=msg, url=url)
+            raise
 
     def _live_request_headers(self, wbrequest):
         return {}
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/views.py b/pywb/webapp/views.py
index 12869caf..e7034050 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/views.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/views.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class template_filter(object):
 @template_filter
 def format_ts(value, format_='%a, %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S'):
     value = timestamp_to_datetime(value)
-    return value.strftime(format_) + ' GMT'
+    return value.strftime(format_)
 
 
 @template_filter('urlsplit')
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 6cc32482..92c06323 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TestWb:
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/20140127171238mp_/http://www.iana.org/')
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Mon, Jan 27 2014 17:12:38' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140127171238"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
         assert 'WB_wombat_init' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb/20140127171238mp_/http://www.iana.org/time-zones"' in resp.body
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class TestWb:
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb-nonframe/20140127171238/http://www.iana.org/')
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Mon, Jan 27 2014 17:12:38' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140127171238"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb-nonframe/20140127171238/http://www.iana.org/time-zones"' in resp.body
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TestWb:
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb-nosurt/20140103030321mp_/http://example.com?example=1')
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Fri, Jan 03 2014 03:03:21' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140103030321"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb-nosurt/20140103030321mp_/http://www.iana.org/domains/example' in resp.body
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class TestWb:
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/20140603030341mp_/http://example.com?example=2')
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Tue, Jun 03 2014 03:03:41' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140603030341"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb/20140603030341mp_/http://www.iana.org/domains/example' in resp.body
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class TestWb:
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/20130729195151mp_/http://www.example.com/')
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Mon, Jul 29 2013 19:51:51' in resp.body
+        assert '"20130729195151"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb/20130729195151mp_/http://www.iana.org/domains/example"' in resp.body
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class TestWb:
 
         #check resp
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
-        assert 'Mon, Jan 27 2014 17:12:51' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140127171251"' in resp.body
         assert '/pywb/20140127171251mp_/http://www.iana.org/domains/example' in resp.body
 
     def test_redirect_relative_3(self):
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class TestWb:
         resp = self.testapp.get('/x-ignore-this-x', extra_environ = dict(REQUEST_URI = 'http://www.iana.org/domains/idn-tables', SCRIPT_NAME = ''))
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Sun, Jan 26 2014 20:11:27' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140126201127"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
 
     def test_proxy_replay_auth_filtered(self):
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class TestWb:
 
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Sun, Jan 26 2014 20:06:24' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140126200624"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
 
     def test_proxy_replay_auth(self):
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class TestWb:
 
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
 
-        assert 'Mon, Jan 27 2014 17:12:38' in resp.body
+        assert '"20140127171238"' in resp.body
         assert 'wb.js' in resp.body
 
     def test_proxy_replay_auth_no_coll(self):