diff --git a/src/app/controllers/UserBooks.php b/src/app/controllers/UserBooks.php
index e56aaff602311f1cf8eb6bb2ae43343442627aca..bf2fffa79d99ac70351e4b712edb7ea5e6b8e506 100644
--- a/src/app/controllers/UserBooks.php
+++ b/src/app/controllers/UserBooks.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class UserBooks extends Controller{
         if(!empty($bookData['data'])){
             foreach ($bookData['data'] as $key => &$value) {
                 $value['image_path'] = RESTConfig::getURLsecondary() . "/" . $value['image_path'];
+                $value['release_date'] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($value['release_date']));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/app/views/UserBooks.php b/src/app/views/UserBooks.php
index 34d3207ebb6a42754a52036c77074c4ee84805b0..15396a38cfbdf3d2fc217bd2002d460541e05447 100644
--- a/src/app/views/UserBooks.php
+++ b/src/app/views/UserBooks.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         } else{       
           echo '<div class="book-grid">';
           foreach ($bookData as $key => $value) {
-            var_dump($value);
               echo '<a class="book-grid-mem" name="clickable gridmember with image and brief description" onclick="location.href=\'/detail?bid=' . $value['bookp_id'] . '\'">';
               echo '<img class="book-image" src="' . $value['image_path'] . '" alt="image of the book cover">';
               echo '<p class="book-grid-mem-t">' . $value['title'] . '</p>';