diff --git a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
index 35860ed35c..b5b19c8afb 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import useSWR from "swr";
 import useSWRInfinite from "swr/infinite";
 import { useDocDomain } from "@/hooks/use-doc-domain";
 import { JINA_EMBEDDING_MODELS } from "@/lib/const";
+import { useDateLocale } from "@/hooks/use-date-locale";
 
 const API_LIMIT = 25;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ export default function Explore() {
   const { t } = useTranslation(["views/explore"]);
   const { getLocaleDocUrl } = useDocDomain();
 
+  const dateLocale = useDateLocale();
+
   const { data: config } = useSWR<FrigateConfig>("config", {
     revalidateOnFocus: false,
   });
@@ -417,7 +420,10 @@ export default function Explore() {
                             )}
                       </div>
                       {reindexState.time_remaining >= 0 &&
-                        (formatSecondsToDuration(reindexState.time_remaining) ||
+                        (formatSecondsToDuration(
+                          reindexState.time_remaining,
+                          dateLocale,
+                        ) ||
                           t(
                             "exploreIsUnavailable.embeddingsReindexing.finishingShortly",
                           ))}