diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class _GetError(object):
 
     def __call__(self, field_name, form_errors):
         tmpl = """<span class="error_msg">%s</span>"""
-        if form_errors and form_errors.has_key(field_name):
+        if form_errors and field_name in form_errors:
             return literal(tmpl % form_errors.get(field_name))
 
 get_error = _GetError()
@@ -118,12 +118,15 @@ get_error = _GetError()
 class _ToolTip(object):
 
     def __call__(self, tooltip_title, trim_at=50):
-        """Special function just to wrap our text into nice formatted
+        """
+        Special function just to wrap our text into nice formatted
         autowrapped text
 
         :param tooltip_title:
         """
-        return escape(tooltip_title)
+        tooltip_title = escape(tooltip_title)
+        tooltip_title = tooltip_title.replace('<', '&lt;').replace('>', '&gt;')
+        return tooltip_title
 tooltip = _ToolTip()
 
 
@@ -346,6 +349,14 @@ short_id = lambda x: x[:12]
 hide_credentials = lambda x: ''.join(credentials_filter(x))
 
 
+def fmt_date(date):
+    if date:
+        return (date.strftime(_(u"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S").encode('utf8'))
+            .decode('utf8'))
+
+    return ""
+
+
 def is_git(repository):
     if hasattr(repository, 'alias'):
         _type = repository.alias