diff --git a/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial WatchKit Extension/FetchData.swift b/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial WatchKit Extension/FetchData.swift
index e531c63..5426ea7 100644
--- a/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial WatchKit Extension/FetchData.swift	
+++ b/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial WatchKit Extension/FetchData.swift	
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ class FetchData {
                 guard dict["status"]?.dictionaryValue["response_code"]?.string == "0" else { return }
                 //print(json)
 
-                let formatter = DateFormatter()
-                formatter.locale = Locale.current
-                formatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd"
                 if let accounts = dict["account_number_list"]?.arrayValue {
                     accounts.forEach {
                         if let accountAlias = $0.dictionaryValue["account_alias"]?.string,
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ class FetchData {
                             let creditLimitString = $0.dictionaryValue["credit_limit"]?.string,
                             let creditLimit = Double(creditLimitString),
                             let payDueDateString = $0.dictionaryValue["next_payment_due_date"]?.string,
-                            let paymentDueDate = formatter.date(from: payDueDateString),
+                            let paymentDueDate = Defaults.careCreditDateFormatter.date(from: payDueDateString),
                             let curBalString = $0.dictionaryValue["current_balance"]?.string,
                             let currentBalance = Double(curBalString),
                             let availCreditString = $0.dictionaryValue["available_credit"]?.string,
@@ -81,9 +78,6 @@ class FetchData {
         var header = Defaults.headerForTransaction
         header["account_alias"] = accountAlias
         var transactions: [Transaction] = []
-        let formatter = DateFormatter()
-        formatter.locale = Locale.current
-        formatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd"
 
         Alamofire.request(Defaults.TRANS_HISTORY_URL, method: .post, parameters: header, encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: Defaults.authHeader).responseJSON { payload in
             switch payload.result {
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ class FetchData {
                 //let's first parse the pending transactions
                 dict["pending_transaction_list"]?.arrayValue.forEach {
                     if let desc = $0["description"].string,
-                        let date = formatter.date(from: $0["transaction_date"].stringValue),
+                        let date = Defaults.careCreditDateFormatter.date(from: $0["transaction_date"].stringValue),
                         let amountString = $0["transaction_amount"].string,
                         let amount = Double(amountString),
                         let confirmationNum = $0["payment_confirmation_number"].string,
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ class FetchData {
                 // let's parse just processed transactions now
                 dict["processed_transaction_list"]?.arrayValue.forEach {
                     if let desc = $0["description"].string,
-                        let date = formatter.date(from: $0["transaction_date"].stringValue),
+                        let date = Defaults.careCreditDateFormatter.date(from: $0["transaction_date"].stringValue),
                         let amountString = $0["transaction_amount"].string,
                         let amount = Double(amountString) {
                         let type: TransactionType = $0["payment_amount_type"].stringValue == "" ? .purchase : .reimbursement
diff --git a/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial/Defaults.swift b/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial/Defaults.swift
index 6da079f..55958a8 100644
--- a/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial/Defaults.swift
+++ b/SynchronyFinancial/SynchronyFinancial/Defaults.swift
@@ -54,13 +54,9 @@ final class Defaults {
         var account_alias = ""
 
         // Dates
-        let formatter = DateFormatter()
-        formatter.locale = Locale.current
-        formatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd"
-
         // for now lets get transactions from the past 2 weeks
-        let start_date = formatter.string(from: Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -14, to: Date()) ?? Date())
-        let end_date = formatter.string(from: Date())
+        let start_date = careCreditDateFormatter.string(from: Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -14, to: Date()) ?? Date())
+        let end_date = careCreditDateFormatter.string(from: Date())
 
         return ["account_alias": account_alias,
                 "begin_sequence": "1",