diff --git a/modules/templates/util_date.go b/modules/templates/util_date.go
index 45dd8da02f..10f7cdb508 100644
--- a/modules/templates/util_date.go
+++ b/modules/templates/util_date.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (du *DateUtils) AbsoluteShort(time any) template.HTML {
 
 // AbsoluteLong renders in "January 01, 2006" format
 func (du *DateUtils) AbsoluteLong(time any) template.HTML {
-	return timeutil.DateTime("short", time)
+	return timeutil.DateTime("long", time)
 }
 
 // FullTime renders in "Jan 01, 2006 20:33:44" format
diff --git a/modules/templates/util_date_test.go b/modules/templates/util_date_test.go
index 96c3776d39..e3dec5c8db 100644
--- a/modules/templates/util_date_test.go
+++ b/modules/templates/util_date_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package templates
 
 import (
+	"html/template"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -12,10 +13,12 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestDateTime(t *testing.T) {
-	testTz, _ := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
+	testTz, err := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer test.MockVariableValue(&setting.DefaultUILocation, testTz)()
 	defer test.MockVariableValue(&setting.IsInTesting, false)()
 
@@ -26,10 +29,11 @@ func TestDateTime(t *testing.T) {
 	refTime, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, refTimeStr)
 	refTimeStamp := timeutil.TimeStamp(refTime.Unix())
 
-	assert.EqualValues(t, "-", du.AbsoluteShort(nil))
-	assert.EqualValues(t, "-", du.AbsoluteShort(0))
-	assert.EqualValues(t, "-", du.AbsoluteShort(time.Time{}))
-	assert.EqualValues(t, "-", du.AbsoluteShort(timeutil.TimeStamp(0)))
+	for _, val := range []any{nil, 0, time.Time{}, timeutil.TimeStamp(0)} {
+		for _, fun := range []func(val any) template.HTML{du.AbsoluteLong, du.AbsoluteShort, du.FullTime} {
+			assert.EqualValues(t, "-", fun(val))
+		}
+	}
 
 	actual := dateTimeLegacy("short", "invalid")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, `-`, actual)
@@ -40,12 +44,18 @@ func TestDateTime(t *testing.T) {
 	actual = du.AbsoluteShort(refTime)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, `<absolute-date weekday="" year="numeric" month="short" day="numeric" date="2018-01-01T00:00:00Z">2018-01-01</absolute-date>`, actual)
 
+	actual = du.AbsoluteLong(refTime)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, `<absolute-date weekday="" year="numeric" month="long" day="numeric" date="2018-01-01T00:00:00Z">2018-01-01</absolute-date>`, actual)
+
 	actual = dateTimeLegacy("short", refDateStr)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, `<absolute-date weekday="" year="numeric" month="short" day="numeric" date="2018-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2018-01-01</absolute-date>`, actual)
 
 	actual = du.AbsoluteShort(refTimeStamp)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, `<absolute-date weekday="" year="numeric" month="short" day="numeric" date="2017-12-31T19:00:00-05:00">2017-12-31</absolute-date>`, actual)
 
+	actual = du.AbsoluteLong(refTimeStamp)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, `<absolute-date weekday="" year="numeric" month="long" day="numeric" date="2017-12-31T19:00:00-05:00">2017-12-31</absolute-date>`, actual)
+
 	actual = du.FullTime(refTimeStamp)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, `<relative-time weekday="" year="numeric" format="datetime" month="short" day="numeric" hour="numeric" minute="numeric" second="numeric" data-tooltip-content data-tooltip-interactive="true" datetime="2017-12-31T19:00:00-05:00">2017-12-31 19:00:00 -05:00</relative-time>`, actual)
 }