diff --git a/WPML_OptionsManager.php b/WPML_OptionsManager.php
index b22d3833..e65c4a4a 100644
--- a/WPML_OptionsManager.php
+++ b/WPML_OptionsManager.php
@@ -51,20 +51,23 @@ public function getSetting($settingName, $default = null) {
 	 * @return string datetime format string
 	 */
 	public function getDateTimeFormatString() {
+		// default database like format
+		$format = 'Y-m-d G:i:s';
 		$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
 		$time_format = get_option( 'time_format' );
+		// get option or change to user friendly format as the options maybe not set at all
 		$date_format = empty( $date_format ) ? 'F j, Y' : $date_format;
 		$time_format = empty( $time_format ) ? 'g:i a' : $time_format;
 		if ( $this->getSetting( 'datetimeformat-use-wordpress', false) == true )
-			$timeFormat = $date_format . " " . $time_format;
-		return $timeFormat;
+			// Overwrite with defined values or default
+			$format = $date_format . " " . $time_format;
+		return $format;
 	}
 	
 	public function getOptionNamePrefix() {
 		return $this->getClassnameWithoutNamespace() . '_';
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Define your options meta data here as an array, where each element in the array
 	 * @return array of key=>display-name and/or key=>array(display-name, choice1, choice2, ...)
diff --git a/inc/redux/WPML_Redux_Framework_config.php b/inc/redux/WPML_Redux_Framework_config.php
index ff49c7a3..967df145 100644
--- a/inc/redux/WPML_Redux_Framework_config.php
+++ b/inc/redux/WPML_Redux_Framework_config.php
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public function setSections() {
                         'id'        => 'datetimeformat-use-wordpress',
                         'type'      => 'switch',
                         'title'     => __('WordPress Date Time Format', 'wpml' ),
-                        'subtitle'  => __( sprintf("Use format from WordPress settings (%s)", date_i18n( apply_filters( 'wpml_get_date_time_format', '' ), current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) ), 'wpml'),
+                        'subtitle'  => __( sprintf("Use format from WordPress settings (%s)", date_i18n( $this->wordpress_default_format(), current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) ), 'wpml'),
                         'default'   => 0,
                         'on'        => 'Enabled',
                         'off'       => 'Disabled',
@@ -345,6 +345,15 @@ public function setSections() {
             );
         }
 
+            public function wordpress_default_format()
+            {
+                $date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
+                $time_format = get_option( 'time_format' );
+                $date_format = empty( $date_format ) ? 'F j, Y' : $date_format;
+                $time_format = empty( $time_format ) ? 'g:i a' : $time_format;
+                return "{$date_format} {$time_format}";
+            }
+
             public function setHelpTabs() {
 
                 // Custom page help tabs, displayed using the help API. Tabs are shown in order of definition.