diff --git a/src/components/middle/helpers/groupMessages.ts b/src/components/middle/helpers/groupMessages.ts
index 8ef1c8d56..0b977f1ae 100644
--- a/src/components/middle/helpers/groupMessages.ts
+++ b/src/components/middle/helpers/groupMessages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ApiMessage } from '../../../api/types';
 import { IAlbum } from '../../../types';
 
-import { getDayStart } from '../../../util/dateFormat';
+import { getDayStartAt } from '../../../util/dateFormat';
 import { isActionMessage } from '../../../modules/helpers';
 
 type SenderGroup = (ApiMessage | IAlbum)[];
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function groupMessages(messages: ApiMessage[], firstUnreadId?: number) {
   let currentSenderGroup: SenderGroup = [];
   let currentDateGroup = {
     originalDate: messages[0].date,
-    datetime: Number(getDayStart(messages[0].date * 1000)),
+    datetime: getDayStartAt(messages[0].date * 1000),
     senderGroups: [currentSenderGroup],
   };
   let currentAlbum: IAlbum | undefined;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function groupMessages(messages: ApiMessage[], firstUnreadId?: number) {
       currentAlbum = undefined;
     }
     if (nextMessage) {
-      const nextMessageDayStartsAt = Number(getDayStart(nextMessage.date * 1000));
+      const nextMessageDayStartsAt = getDayStartAt(nextMessage.date * 1000);
       if (currentDateGroup.datetime !== nextMessageDayStartsAt) {
         currentDateGroup = {
           originalDate: nextMessage.date,
diff --git a/src/util/dateFormat.ts b/src/util/dateFormat.ts
index cbbf8817f..c833c81e6 100644
--- a/src/util/dateFormat.ts
+++ b/src/util/dateFormat.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const MAX_MONTH_IN_YEAR = 12;
 export const MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
 export function isToday(date: Date) {
-  return getDayStart(new Date()) === getDayStart(date);
+  return getDayStartAt(new Date()) === getDayStartAt(date);
 }
 
 export function getDayStart(datetime: number | Date) {
@@ -246,9 +246,18 @@ export function formatVoiceRecordDuration(durationInMs: number) {
   return `${parts.join(':')},${String(milliseconds).padStart(2, '0')}`;
 }
 
+// `toLocaleString` is slow so we use cache
+const dateFormatCache = new Map<string, string>();
+
 export function formatDateToString(datetime: Date | number, locale = 'en-US') {
   const date = typeof datetime === 'number' ? new Date(datetime) : datetime;
-  return date.toLocaleString(
+  const cacheKey = `${locale}_${getDayStartAt(date)}`;
+  const cached = dateFormatCache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (cached) {
+    return cached;
+  }
+
+  const newValue = date.toLocaleString(
     locale,
     {
       year: 'numeric',
@@ -256,6 +265,10 @@ export function formatDateToString(datetime: Date | number, locale = 'en-US') {
       day: 'numeric',
     },
   );
+
+  dateFormatCache.set(cacheKey, newValue);
+
+  return newValue;
 }
 
 export function formatDateTimeToString(datetime: Date | number, locale = 'en-US') {