diff --git a/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp b/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp
index 04d8e494d..efcda3294 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int CmdInfo::execute (std::string& output)
 
             Task before (previous.substr (4));
             Task after (current.substr (4));
-            journal.set (row, 1, taskInfoDifferences (before, after));
+            journal.set (row, 1, taskInfoDifferences (before, after, dateformat));
 
             // calculate the total active time
             if (before.get ("start") == ""
diff --git a/src/feedback.cpp b/src/feedback.cpp
index feb68fe2e..9e72c36c0 100644
--- a/src/feedback.cpp
+++ b/src/feedback.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ std::string taskDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
+std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after, const std::string& dateformat)
 {
   // Attributes are all there is, so figure the different attribute names
   // between before and after.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
     else
       out << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_ATT_WAS_SET,
                      ucFirst (*name),
-                     renderAttribute (*name, after.get (*name)))
+                     renderAttribute (*name, after.get (*name), dateformat))
           << "\n";
   }
 
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
       else
         out << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_ATT_WAS_MOD,
                        ucFirst (*name),
-                       renderAttribute (*name, before.get (*name)),
-                       renderAttribute (*name, after.get (*name)))
+                       renderAttribute (*name, before.get (*name), dateformat),
+                       renderAttribute (*name, after.get (*name), dateformat))
             << "\n";
     }
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-std::string renderAttribute (const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
+std::string renderAttribute (const std::string& name, const std::string& value, const std::string& format /* = "" */)
 {
   Column* col = context.columns[name];
   if (col                    &&
@@ -286,7 +286,14 @@ std::string renderAttribute (const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
       value != "")
   {
     Date d ((time_t)strtol (value.c_str (), NULL, 10));
-    return d.toString (context.config.get ("dateformat"));
+    if (format == "")
+    {
+      return d.toString (context.config.get ("dateformat"));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      return d.toString (format);
+    }
   }
 
   return value;
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 4df2cb4df..f43ad6503 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ void dependencyChainOnModify (Task&, Task&);
 // feedback.cpp
 bool taskDiff (const Task&, const Task&);
 std::string taskDifferences (const Task&, const Task&);
-std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task&, const Task&);
-std::string renderAttribute (const std::string&, const std::string&);
+std::string taskInfoDifferences (const Task&, const Task&, const std::string&);
+std::string renderAttribute (const std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string& format = "");
 void feedback_affected (const std::string&);
 void feedback_affected (const std::string&, int);
 void feedback_affected (const std::string&, const Task&);
diff --git a/test/bug.986.t b/test/bug.986.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b6e38bcd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bug.986.t
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006-2012, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+##
+## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+##
+## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+##
+## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+## SOFTWARE.
+##
+## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'bug.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "verbose=nothing\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'bug.rc', 'Created bug.rc');
+}
+
+# Bug 986 - 'task info' does not format date using dateformat.report
+# Rely on the assumption that the default date format is 'm/d/Y'
+
+# Create one task (with a creation date) and one journal entry (with a
+# timestamp and a date inside the entry)
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add test};
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc test start};
+
+# Test that report.info.dateformat has precedence over dateformat.report and
+# dateformat and that no other format is applied
+my $output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc test info rc.dateformat:m/d/Y rc.dateformat.report:m/d/Y rc.report.info.dateformat:__};
+like ($output, qr/__/ms, 'Date formatted according to report.info.dateformat');
+unlike ($output, qr/[0-9]*\/[0-9]*\/20[0-9]*/ms, 'No date is incorrectly formatted');
+
+# Similar for dateformat.report (no need to check that another format is applied again)
+$output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc test info rc.dateformat:m/d/Y rc.dateformat.report:__ rc.report.info.dateformat:};
+like ($output, qr/__/ms, 'Date formatted according to dateformat.report');
+
+# Similar for dateformat
+$output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc test info rc.dateformat:__ rc.dateformat.report: rc.report.info.dateformat:};
+like ($output, qr/__/ms, 'Date formatted according to dateformat');
+
+### Cleanup.
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
+ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
+    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
+    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
+    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
+    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
+    ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
+
+exit 0;