diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts
index 882578590f14c62a223c166acf30eb90d1ee7cd9..506856101a42c3d51e5055316f9205878c3f9dec 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class CommentListComponent implements OnInit {
         c.roomId = this.roomId;
         c.body = payload.body;
         c.id = payload.id;
-        c.creationTimestamp = payload.timestamp;
+        c.timestamp = new Date();
         this.comments = this.comments.concat(c);
         break;
       case 'CommentPatched':
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
index 23494d799cf0c4fb89fe18ae5f70c12a25d9c609..0b6491b5a35ac089cd40b0778f214f7094370324 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
     <div fxLayout="column">
       <div fxLayout="row">
         <span class="fill-remaining-space"></span>
-        <button mat-icon-button *ngIf="comment.correct || !isStudent" [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setCorrect(comment)" [matTooltip]="comment.correct ? 'Unmark as correct' : 'Mark as correct'">
-          <mat-icon [ngClass]="{true : 'correct-icon', false: 'incorrect-icon'}[comment.correct]">check_circle</mat-icon>
-        </button>
-        <button mat-icon-button *ngIf="comment.favorite || !isStudent" [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setFavorite(comment)" [matTooltip]="comment.favorite ? 'Mark as not favorite' : 'Mark as favorite'">
-          <mat-icon [ngClass]="{true: 'favorite-icon', false: 'not-favorite-icon'}[comment.favorite]">star</mat-icon>
+      <div id="date">
+        <div *ngIf="language === 'de'; else englishDate">
+          {{comment.timestamp | date: ' HH:mm:ss '}}Uhr,{{comment.timestamp | date: ' M.d.yy'}}
+        </div>
+        <ng-template #englishDate>
+          {{comment.timestamp | date: 'h:mm:ss a, M/d/yy'}}
+        </ng-template>
+      </div>
+      <button mat-icon-button *ngIf="comment.correct || !isStudent" [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setCorrect(comment)" [matTooltip]="comment.correct ? 'Unmark as correct' : 'Mark as correct'">
+        <mat-icon [ngClass]="{true : 'correct-icon', false: 'incorrect-icon'}[comment.correct]">check_circle</mat-icon>
+      </button>
+      <button mat-icon-button *ngIf="comment.favorite || !isStudent" [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setFavorite(comment)" [matTooltip]="comment.favorite ? 'Mark as not favorite' : 'Mark as favorite'">
+        <mat-icon [ngClass]="{true: 'favorite-icon', false: 'not-favorite-icon'}[comment.favorite]">favorite_border</mat-icon>
         </button>
         <button mat-icon-button [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setRead(comment)" [matTooltip]="comment.read ? 'Mark  as unread' : 'Mark as read'">
-          <mat-icon [ngClass]="{true: 'read-icon', false: 'unread-icon'}[comment.read]">visibility</mat-icon>
+        <mat-icon class="icon" [ngClass]="{true: 'read-icon', false: 'unread-icon'}[comment.read]">visibility</mat-icon>
         </button>
       </div>
       <div fxLayout="row">
@@ -26,5 +34,5 @@
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
-  </mat-card>
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  </mat-card>  
+
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss
index 4adef858b4fb0eda22e013fefb1e2ba48c94cf71..8084452349db7c8769e683d3adf51b6bc7523886 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss
@@ -71,7 +71,20 @@ h2 {
   min-width: 200px;
   min-height: 100px;
   text-align: start;
-  font-size: large;
+  font-size: 140%;
   max-height: 120px;
   overflow: auto;
+  padding-left: 2%;
+  padding-right: 2%;
+}
+
+.mat-icon {
+  transform: scale(1.2);
+}
+
+#date {
+  padding-top: 10px;
+  margin-left: 2%;
+  opacity: 0.4;
+  position: absolute;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
index 2af7a5a05e93c80750089c3634b744726693a29f..fae83d243f619ddf089006796738f394f23125bd 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
   isStudent = false;
   isLoading = true;
   hasVoted = 0;
+  language: string;
   animationState: string;
 
   constructor(protected authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
@@ -53,14 +54,18 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
     public dialog: MatDialog,
     protected langService: LanguageService,
     private wsCommentService: WsCommentServiceService) {
-    langService.langEmitter.subscribe(lang => translateService.use(lang));
+    langService.langEmitter.subscribe(lang => {
+      translateService.use(lang);
+      this.language = lang;
+      } );
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
     if (this.authenticationService.getRole() === 0) {
       this.isStudent = true;
     }
-    this.translateService.use(localStorage.getItem('currentLang'));
+    this.language = localStorage.getItem('currentLang');
+    this.translateService.use(this.language);
   }
 
   startAnimation(state_: any): void {
diff --git a/src/app/models/comment.ts b/src/app/models/comment.ts
index 2fb2ad760db8e8cb2c39c6b389fb34f52f1fe474..df7165a4bd6c24397b611f3b3871e6fd3296e656 100644
--- a/src/app/models/comment.ts
+++ b/src/app/models/comment.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export class Comment {
   read: boolean;
   correct: boolean;
   favorite: boolean;
-  creationTimestamp: Date;
+  timestamp: Date;
   score: number;
   createdFromLecturer: boolean;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class Comment {
     this.read = read;
     this.correct = correct;
     this.favorite = favorite;
-    this.creationTimestamp = creationTimestamp;
+    this.timestamp = creationTimestamp;
     this.score = score;
     this.createdFromLecturer = createdFromLecturer;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/services/http/comment.service.ts b/src/app/services/http/comment.service.ts
index 5eafa91d041fd8fde700abb89288139c47eaf292..f658bc23e6d4759567efb2ea2f37d6c89ffc0094 100644
--- a/src/app/services/http/comment.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/http/comment.service.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ export class CommentService extends BaseHttpService {
   addComment(comment: Comment): Observable<Comment> {
     const connectionUrl = this.apiUrl.base + this.apiUrl.comment + '/';
     return this.http.post<Comment>(connectionUrl,
-      {
-        roomId: comment.roomId, body: comment.body,
-        read: comment.read, creationTimestamp: comment.creationTimestamp
+      { roomId: comment.roomId, body: comment.body,
+        read: comment.read, creationTimestamp: comment.timestamp
       }, httpOptions).pipe(
         tap(_ => ''),
         catchError(this.handleError<Comment>('addComment'))