diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css.scss
index ac3f05519..3e4cd7533 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css.scss
@@ -15,11 +15,26 @@
       margin-bottom: 10px;
     }
 
+    .year_container { margin-top: 75px; }
+    .header + .year_container { margin-top: 50px; }
+    .year {
+      background-color: $white;
+      color: $light-grey;
+      font-size: 20px;
+      line-height: 20px;
+      margin-bottom: -20px;
+      text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    .year_container + .day_group {
+      border-top: 1px solid $border-grey;
+      padding-top: 10px;
+    }
+
     .day_group {
       margin-bottom: 10px;
       padding-bottom: 10px;
       border-bottom: 1px dashed $border-grey;
-      &:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
       .date {
         text-align: center;
         color: $light-grey;
diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 2f5a92191..c364d50c3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
     @notifications.each do |n|
       n.note_html = render_to_string( :partial => 'notify_popup_item', :locals => { :n => n } )
     end
-    @group_days = @notifications.group_by{|note| I18n.l(note.created_at, :format => I18n.t('date.formats.fullmonth_day')) }
+    @group_days = @notifications.group_by{|note| note.created_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}
 
     @unread_notification_count = current_user.unread_notifications.count
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb b/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
index 6db4e46e4..af9578f62 100644
--- a/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
@@ -55,12 +55,27 @@ module NotificationsHelper
     object_link(note, notification_people_link(note))
   end
 
-  def the_day(i18n)
-    i18n[0].match(/\d/) ? i18n[0].gsub('.', '') : i18n[1].gsub('.', '')
+  def the_day(date)
+    date.split('-')[2].to_i
   end
 
-  def the_month(i18n)
-    i18n[0].match(/\d/) ? i18n[1] : i18n[0]
+  def the_month(date)
+    I18n.l(Date.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d'), :format => '%B')
+  end
+
+  def the_year(date)
+    date.split('-')[0].to_i
+  end
+
+  def locale_date(date)
+    I18n.l(Date.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d'), :format => I18n.t('date.formats.fullmonth_day'))
+  end
+
+  def display_year?(year, date)
+    unless year
+      Date.current.year != the_year(date)
+    else
+      year != the_year(date)
+    end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml b/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
index 564017900..dfd0bd946 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
@@ -43,11 +43,17 @@
               -else
                 = t('.mark_all_as_read')
       - if @group_days.length > 0
-        - @group_days.each do |day, notes|
+        - year = nil
+        - @group_days.each do |date, notes|
+          - if display_year?(year, date)
+            - year = the_year(date)
+            .row-fluid.year_container
+              .span2.offset5.year= year
+
           .day_group.row-fluid
             .date.span2
-              .day= the_day(day.split(' '))
-              .month= the_month(day.split(' '))
+              .day= the_day(date)
+              .month= the_month(date)
 
             .notifications_for_day.span10
               - notes.each do |note|
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index.mobile.haml b/app/views/notifications/index.mobile.haml
index 498ee29a4..7258fc418 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index.mobile.haml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
   -else
     = link_to t('.mark_all_as_read'), read_all_notifications_path, :class => 'btn'
 %ul.notifications
-  - @group_days.each do |day, notes|
+  - @group_days.each do |date, notes|
     %li
       .notification_day_header
         %span.label
-          = day
+          = locale_date(date)
       %ul.notifications_for_day
         - notes.each do |note|
           .stream_element{:data=>{:guid => note.id}, :class => "#{note.unread ? 'unread' : 'read'}"}
diff --git a/spec/helpers/notifications_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/notifications_helper_spec.rb
index 2e30be976..3b9cefb1e 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/notifications_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/notifications_helper_spec.rb
@@ -93,4 +93,23 @@ describe NotificationsHelper, :type => :helper do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#display_year?' do
+    it 'returns false if year is nil and the date includes the current year' do
+      expect(display_year?(nil,Date.current.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))).to be_falsey
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if year is nil and the date does not include the current year' do
+      expect(display_year?(nil,'1900-12-31')).to be_truthy
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the date includes the given year' do
+      expect(display_year?(2015,'2015-12-31')).to be_falsey
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if the date does not include the given year' do
+      expect(display_year?(2015,'2014-12-31')).to be_truthy
+      expect(display_year?(2015,'2016-12-31')).to be_truthy
+    end
+  end
 end