Yeah, this was changed.
I wanted to change the date format to a less ambiguous one (Previously, the US style month-day-year was used), and I saw vB had the option to display this format ... I liked it so here we are
Personally, I find it more intuitive, most of the time you don't care when exactly a post was made, but more how long ago it was made (A subtle difference).
Unfortunately, it isn't an user option ...
Anyway, if more people dislike it, send me a message or reply to this thread, and I'll change it back ...