Date issue with tracker module "recent posts"

There is a quirk on the site where the tracker module aka "recent posts" or "what's new" is displaying unix epoch instead of actual post dates. The tracker is the easiest way to see a list of newly posted content on the site. I have posted a bug report on drupal.org. My theory is that it has to do with some bug with PostgreSQL which less people are using with drupal than MySQL at this point. Update: Found a dupe of the bug here.