diff --git a/plugins/time.py b/plugins/time.py
index a3305ff..41d9c31 100755
--- a/plugins/time.py
+++ b/plugins/time.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from util import hook
 from util import http
+from util.formatting import capitalize_first
 
 api_url = 'http://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query?format=plaintext'
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ def time_command(inp, bot=None):
     ".time <area> -- Gets the time in <area>"
 
     query = "current time in %s" % inp
-	
+
     api_key = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("wolframalpha", None)
     if not api_key:
         return "error: no wolfram alpha api key set"
@@ -20,20 +21,20 @@ def time_command(inp, bot=None):
     time = " ".join(request.xpath("//pod[@title='Result']/subpod/plain" \
                     "text/text()"))
     time = time.replace("  |  ", ", ")
-    
+
     # nice place name for UNIX time
     if inp.lower() == "unix":
         place = "Unix Epoch"
     else:
-        place = " ".join(request.xpath("//pod[@title='Input interpretation']/" \
-                                       "subpod/plaintext/text()"))[16:].title()
+        place = capitalize_first(" ".join(request.xpath("//pod[@title='Input" \
+                         " interpretation']/subpod/plaintext/text()"))[16:])
 
     if time:
-	    # if wolfram alpha had to guess a place, then show the place it chose
+        # if wolfram alpha had to guess a place, then show the place it chose
         #if request.xpath("//assumptions"):
         #    return "%s - \x02%s\x02" % (time, place)
         #else:
         #    return time
-		return "%s - \x02%s\x02" % (time, place)
+        return "%s - \x02%s\x02" % (time, place)
     else:
         return "Could not get the time for '%s'" % inp
diff --git a/plugins/util/formatting.py b/plugins/util/formatting.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7d6a224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/util/formatting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+""" formatting.py - handy functions for formatting text """
+
+def capitalize_first(line):
+    """ capitalises the first letter of words
+        (keeps other letters intact)
+    """
+    return ' '.join([s[0].upper() + s[1:] for s in line.split(' ')])