diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index 643c2845f5..a52b510e35 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentEx {
                 long duration = (hours + days * 24) * HOUR_MS;
                 long time = now + duration;
                 DateFormat df = SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM, SimpleDateFormat.SHORT);
-                tvTime.setText(df.format(time));
+                tvTime.setText(new SimpleDateFormat("E").format(time) + " " + df.format(time));
                 tvTime.setVisibility(duration == 0 ? View.INVISIBLE : View.VISIBLE);
             }
         };
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index 264e0fdca3..f5ff885cac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentEx {
                         long duration = (hours + days * 24) * HOUR_MS;
                         long time = now + duration;
                         DateFormat df = SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM, SimpleDateFormat.SHORT);
-                        tvTime.setText(df.format(time));
+                        tvTime.setText(new SimpleDateFormat("E").format(time) + " " + df.format(time));
                         tvTime.setVisibility(duration == 0 ? View.INVISIBLE : View.VISIBLE);
                     }
                 };