diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 0bb6c77..a3e7ff0 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import 'widgets/widgets.dart';
 /// Studio's own build version. Bump on every UI commit so the
 /// running app self-identifies — visible in the sidebar header
 /// and quick-glance proof that you're seeing the current build.
-const String kStudioVersion = '0.14.1';
+const String kStudioVersion = '0.14.2';
 
 Future<void> main() async {
   WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
diff --git a/lib/pages/audit.dart b/lib/pages/audit.dart
index dd3ba1a..5fab3bd 100644
--- a/lib/pages/audit.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/audit.dart
@@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ class _AuditPageState extends State<AuditPage> {
         local.month == now.month &&
         local.day == now.day;
     if (sameDay) return time;
+    // Older events always carry the full ISO date. `MM-dd`
+    // alone is locale-ambiguous (US reads it as May-04, EU as
+    // 5 April) — operators should not have to guess.
     final mo = local.month.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
     final dd = local.day.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
-    if (local.year == now.year) return '$mo-$dd $time';
     return '${local.year}-$mo-$dd $time';
   }
 
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 2f43a59..0822910 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: fai_studio
 description: "F∆I Studio — desktop GUI for the F∆I hub"
 publish_to: 'none'
-version: 0.14.1
+version: 0.14.2
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.11.0-200.1.beta