diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index b279ef3241c..2a83aced006 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -2258,6 +2258,7 @@ function template_preprocess_comment(&$variables) {
 
   $variables['title']     = l($comment->subject, $uri['path'], $uri['options']);
   $variables['permalink'] = l(t('Permalink'), $uri['path'], $uri['options']);
+  $variables['submitted'] = t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['author'], '!datetime' => $variables['created']));
 
   // Preprocess fields.
   field_attach_preprocess('comment', $comment, $variables['elements'], $variables);
diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.tpl.php b/modules/comment/comment.tpl.php
index 314da57ca4e..adf93b31cc6 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.tpl.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  *   desired parameters on the $comment->changed variable.
  * - $new: New comment marker.
  * - $permalink: Comment permalink.
+ * - $submitted: Submission information created from $author and $created during
+ *   template_preprocess_comment().
  * - $picture: Authors picture.
  * - $signature: Authors signature.
  * - $status: Comment status. Possible values are:
@@ -69,10 +71,7 @@
 
   <div class="submitted">
     <?php print $permalink; ?>
-    <?php
-      print t('Submitted by !username on !datetime.',
-        array('!username' => $author, '!datetime' => $created));
-    ?>
+    <?php print $submitted; ?>
   </div>
 
   <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>>
diff --git a/modules/node/node.module b/modules/node/node.module
index d7cc85d83cb..47173cc045a 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1467,10 +1467,12 @@ function template_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
   // Display post information only on certain node types.
   if (variable_get('node_submitted_' . $node->type, TRUE)) {
     $variables['display_submitted'] = TRUE;
+    $variables['submitted'] = t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['name'], '!datetime' => $variables['date']));
     $variables['user_picture'] = theme_get_setting('toggle_node_user_picture') ? theme('user_picture', array('account' => $node)) : '';
   }
   else {
     $variables['display_submitted'] = FALSE;
+    $variables['submitted'] = '';
     $variables['user_picture'] = '';
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/node/node.tpl.php b/modules/node/node.tpl.php
index 952f20a9d33..26128960d98 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/node/node.tpl.php
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
  *   calling format_date() with the desired parameters on the $created variable.
  * - $name: Themed username of node author output from theme_username().
  * - $node_url: Direct url of the current node.
- * - $display_submitted: whether submission information should be displayed.
+ * - $display_submitted: Whether submission information should be displayed.
+ * - $submitted: Submission information created from $name and $date during
+ *   template_preprocess_node().
  * - $classes: String of classes that can be used to style contextually through
  *   CSS. It can be manipulated through the variable $classes_array from
  *   preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the
@@ -89,10 +91,7 @@
 
   <?php if ($display_submitted): ?>
     <div class="submitted">
-      <?php
-        print t('Submitted by !username on !datetime',
-          array('!username' => $name, '!datetime' => $date));
-      ?>
+      <?php print $submitted; ?>
     </div>
   <?php endif; ?>
 
diff --git a/modules/rdf/rdf.module b/modules/rdf/rdf.module
index a8d62fe2229..07c03b37b94 100644
--- a/modules/rdf/rdf.module
+++ b/modules/rdf/rdf.module
@@ -499,10 +499,16 @@ function rdf_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
   if (!empty($variables['rdf_mapping']['created'])) {
     $date_attributes_array = rdf_rdfa_attributes($variables['rdf_mapping']['created'], $variables['created']);
     $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['date'] = $date_attributes_array;
+    if ($variables['submitted']) {
+      $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['submitted'] = $date_attributes_array;
+    }
   }
   // Adds RDFa markup for the relation between the node and its author.
   if (!empty($variables['rdf_mapping']['uid'])) {
     $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['name']['rel'] = $variables['rdf_mapping']['uid']['predicates'];
+    if ($variables['submitted']) {
+      $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['submitted']['rel'] = $variables['rdf_mapping']['uid']['predicates'];
+    }
   }
 
   // Adds RDFa markup annotating the number of comments a node has.
@@ -679,10 +685,12 @@ function rdf_preprocess_comment(&$variables) {
     // cached as part of the entity.
     $date_attributes_array = $comment->rdf_data['date'];
     $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['created'] = $date_attributes_array;
+    $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['submitted'] = $date_attributes_array;
   }
   // Adds RDFa markup for the relation between the comment and its author.
   if (!empty($comment->rdf_mapping['uid'])) {
     $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['author']['rel'] = $comment->rdf_mapping['uid']['predicates'];
+    $variables['rdf_template_variable_attributes_array']['submitted']['rel'] = $comment->rdf_mapping['uid']['predicates'];
   }
   if (!empty($comment->rdf_mapping['title'])) {
     // Adds RDFa markup to the subject of the comment. Because the RDFa markup
diff --git a/themes/bartik/template.php b/themes/bartik/template.php
index e94782527f3..a3393a4261f 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/template.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/template.php
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ function bartik_process_maintenance_page(&$variables) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Override or insert variables into the node template.
+ */
+function bartik_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
+  $variables['submitted'] = t('published by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['name'], '!datetime' => $variables['date']));
+}
+
 /**
  * Override or insert variables into the block template.
  */
diff --git a/themes/bartik/templates/comment.tpl.php b/themes/bartik/templates/comment.tpl.php
index 463b3ba8738..d83f178baae 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/templates/comment.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/templates/comment.tpl.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  *   desired parameters on the $comment->changed variable.
  * - $new: New comment marker.
  * - $permalink: Comment permalink.
+ * - $submitted: Submission information created from $author and $created during
+ *   template_preprocess_comment().
  * - $picture: Authors picture.
  * - $signature: Authors signature.
  * - $status: Comment status. Possible values are:
diff --git a/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php b/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
index e3ada69db5c..7b8377d0440 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
  *   calling format_date() with the desired parameters on the $created variable.
  * - $name: Themed username of node author output from theme_username().
  * - $node_url: Direct url of the current node.
- * - $display_submitted: whether submission information should be displayed.
+ * - $display_submitted: Whether submission information should be displayed.
+ * - $submitted: Submission information created from $name and $date during
+ *   template_preprocess_node().
  * - $classes: String of classes that can be used to style contextually through
  *   CSS. It can be manipulated through the variable $classes_array from
  *   preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the
@@ -90,10 +92,7 @@
   <?php if ($display_submitted): ?>
     <div class="meta submitted">
       <?php print $user_picture; ?>
-      <?php
-        print t('published by !username on !datetime',
-          array('!username' => $name, '!datetime' => $date));
-      ?>
+      <?php print $submitted; ?>
     </div>
   <?php endif; ?>
 
diff --git a/themes/garland/comment.tpl.php b/themes/garland/comment.tpl.php
index b46c1edfc31..a11f4fce5e9 100644
--- a/themes/garland/comment.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/garland/comment.tpl.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <div class="clearfix">
 
-    <span class="submitted"><?php print $created; ?> — <?php print $author; ?></span>
+    <span class="submitted"><?php print $submitted ?></span>
 
   <?php if ($new) : ?>
     <span class="new"><?php print drupal_ucfirst($new) ?></span>
diff --git a/themes/garland/node.tpl.php b/themes/garland/node.tpl.php
index 6a7ae448dd5..0d15d8c5870 100644
--- a/themes/garland/node.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/garland/node.tpl.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>
 
   <?php if ($display_submitted): ?>
-    <span class="submitted"><?php print $date; ?> — <?php print $name; ?></span>
+    <span class="submitted"><?php print $submitted ?></span>
   <?php endif; ?>
 
   <div class="content clearfix"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>>
diff --git a/themes/garland/template.php b/themes/garland/template.php
index 8021d7cdd13..b9234c972b6 100644
--- a/themes/garland/template.php
+++ b/themes/garland/template.php
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ function garland_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
   $vars['site_name_and_slogan'] = $site_name_text . ' ' . $slogan_text;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Override or insert variables into the node template.
+ */
+function garland_preprocess_node(&$vars) {
+  $vars['submitted'] = $vars['date'] . ' — ' . $vars['name'];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Override or insert variables into the comment template.
+ */
+function garland_preprocess_comment(&$vars) {
+  $vars['submitted'] = $vars['created'] . ' — ' . $vars['author'];
+}
+
 /**
  * Override or insert variables into the block template.
  */