diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 91ac8fa..cf0ceb0 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ code_block_name_links = true
 
 
 compact_tags = false
+
+short_date_format = ""
+# Per-language date format overrides.
+# Examples: Spanish uses "3 de febrero de 2024", German uses "3. Februar 2024"
+date_formats = [
+    { lang = "ru", long = "%d %B %Y", short = "%-d %b %Y" },
+    { lang = "en", long = "%d. %B %Y", short = "%d.%m.%Y" },
+]
+
+
 tag_sorting = "frequency"
 
 menu = [
diff --git a/themes/tabi/templates/macros/format_date.html b/themes/tabi/templates/macros/format_date.html
index 3d22eba..f747fd1 100644
--- a/themes/tabi/templates/macros/format_date.html
+++ b/themes/tabi/templates/macros/format_date.html
@@ -3,7 +3,23 @@
 {#- Set locale -#}
 {%- set date_locale = macros_translate::translate(key="date_locale", default="en_GB", language_strings=language_strings) -%}
 
-{%- if config.extra.short_date_format and short -%}
+{#- Check for language-specific date formats -#}
+{%- set language_format = "" -%}
+{%- if config.extra.date_formats -%}
+    {%- for format_config in config.extra.date_formats -%}
+        {%- if format_config.lang == lang -%}
+            {%- if short and format_config.short -%}
+                {%- set_global language_format = format_config.short -%}
+            {%- elif not short and format_config.long -%}
+                {%- set_global language_format = format_config.long -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+        {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endfor -%}
+{%- endif -%}
+
+{%- if language_format -%}
+    {{ date | date(format=language_format, locale=date_locale) }}
+{%- elif config.extra.short_date_format and short -%}
     {{ date | date(format=config.extra.short_date_format, locale=date_locale) }}
 {%- elif config.extra.long_date_format and not short -%}
     {{ date | date(format=config.extra.long_date_format, locale=date_locale) }}
diff --git a/themes/tabi/theme.toml b/themes/tabi/theme.toml
index d9278aa..ab096f9 100644
--- a/themes/tabi/theme.toml
+++ b/themes/tabi/theme.toml
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ quick_navigation_buttons = false
 # Default is "6th July 2049" in English and "%-d %B %Y" in other languages.
 short_date_format = ""
 
+# Per-language date format overrides.
+# Examples: Spanish uses "3 de febrero de 2024", German uses "3. Februar 2024"
+# date_formats = [
+#     { lang = "es", long = "%d de %B de %Y", short = "%d %b %Y" },
+#     { lang = "de", long = "%d. %B %Y", short = "%d.%m.%Y" },
+# ]
+
+
 # Custom separator used in title tag and posts metadata (between date, time to read, and tags).
 separator = "•"