diff --git a/src/website/public/components/MessagesList.tsx b/src/website/public/components/MessagesList.tsx
index 130432fe7d..9b585043eb 100644
--- a/src/website/public/components/MessagesList.tsx
+++ b/src/website/public/components/MessagesList.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import React from "react";
 import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import { RootState } from "../reducers";
+import DayChangeMarker from "./messages/DayChangeMarker";
 import DirectMessageSentByThem from "./messages/DirectMessageSentByThem";
 import GroupMessageSentByElse from "./messages/GroupMessageSentByElse";
 import MessageSentByMe from "./messages/MessageSentByMe";
 import RemoteMessage from "./messages/RemoteMessage";
+import * as timestamp from "../utils/timestamp";
 
 export default MessagesList;
 
@@ -20,52 +22,65 @@ function MessagesList() {
 
     const chat = chatsState.chats[chatsState.selectedChatIndex];
 
-    const confirmedMessages = chat.kind === "direct"
-        ? chat.confirmedMessages.map(m => {
-            switch (m.kind) {
-                case "local":
-                    const sentByMe = m.sender === myUserId;
-                    if (sentByMe) {
-                        const props = {
-                            message: m.text,
-                            timestamp: m.timestamp,
-                            confirmed: true
-                        };
-                        return <MessageSentByMe key={m.id} {...props} />;
-                    } else if (chat.kind === "direct") {
-                        const props = {
-                            message: m.text,
-                            timestamp: m.timestamp
-                        };
-                        return <DirectMessageSentByThem key={m.id} {...props} />;
-                    } else {
-                        const props = {
-                            message: m.text,
-                            timestamp: m.timestamp,
-                            senderUsername: usersDictionary.hasOwnProperty(m.sender) ? usersDictionary[m.sender] : ""
-                        };
-                        return <GroupMessageSentByElse key={m.id} {...props} />;
-                    }
+    const children: JSX.Element[] = [];
 
-                case "remote":
-                    return <RemoteMessage key={m.id} />
+    if (chat.kind !== "newDirect") {
+        let prevDate: Date | null = null;
+        let prevDayString: string | null = null;
+        for (let i = 0; i < chat.confirmedMessages.length; i++) {
+            const message = chat.confirmedMessages[i];
+            if (message.kind === "local") {
+                const date = timestamp.asDate(message.timestamp);
+                const dayString = date.toDateString();
+                if (prevDayString === null || prevDayString !== dayString) {
+                    children.push(<DayChangeMarker key={dayString} date={date}/>);
+                }
+
+                const sentByMe = message.sender === myUserId;
+                if (sentByMe) {
+                    const props = {
+                        message: message.text,
+                        date,
+                        confirmed: true
+                    };
+                    children.push(<MessageSentByMe key={message.id} {...props} />);
+                } else if (chat.kind === "direct") {
+                    const props = {
+                        message: message.text,
+                        date
+                    };
+                    children.push(<DirectMessageSentByThem key={message.id} {...props} />);
+                } else {
+                    const props = {
+                        message: message.text,
+                        date,
+                        senderUsername: usersDictionary.hasOwnProperty(message.sender)
+                            ? usersDictionary[message.sender]
+                            : ""
+                    };
+                    children.push(<GroupMessageSentByElse key={message.id} {...props} />);
+                }
+                prevDate = date;
+                prevDayString = dayString;
+            } else if (message.kind === "remote") {
+                children.push(<RemoteMessage key={message.id}/>);
             }
-        })
-        : null;
+        }
+    }
 
-    const unconfirmedMessages = chat.unconfirmedMessages.map(m => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < chat.unconfirmedMessages.length; i++) {
+        const message = chat.unconfirmedMessages[i];
         const props = {
-            message: m.text,
-            timestamp: m.timestamp,
+            message: message.text,
+            date: timestamp.asDate(message.timestamp),
             confirmed: false
         };
-        return <MessageSentByMe key={"u-" + m.timestamp} {...props} />;
-    });
+        children.push(<MessageSentByMe key={"u-" + message.timestamp} {...props} />);
+    }
 
     return (
         <div id="messages">
-            {confirmedMessages}
-            {unconfirmedMessages}
+            {children}
         </div>
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/website/public/components/messages/DayChangeMarker.tsx b/src/website/public/components/messages/DayChangeMarker.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..354068704b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/website/public/components/messages/DayChangeMarker.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+export default DayChangeMarker;
+
+interface Props {
+    date: Date
+}
+
+function DayChangeMarker(props : Props) {
+    const dayOfWeek = props.date.toLocaleDateString("en", { weekday: "long" });
+    const dayOfMonth = props.date.getDate();
+    const month = props.date.toLocaleDateString("en", { month: "long" });
+    const ordinal = getOrdinal(dayOfMonth);
+    const year = props.date.getFullYear();
+
+    const text = `-- ${dayOfWeek} ${dayOfMonth}${ordinal} ${month} ${year} --`;
+
+    return (
+        <div style={{fontSize: "smaller"}}>{text}</div>
+    );
+}
+
+function getOrdinal(n: number) : string {
+    // Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/39466341
+    return [,"st","nd","rd"][n/10%10^1&&n%10]||"th";
+}
diff --git a/src/website/public/components/messages/DirectMessageSentByThem.tsx b/src/website/public/components/messages/DirectMessageSentByThem.tsx
index 1813a657dd..6b62f311a9 100644
--- a/src/website/public/components/messages/DirectMessageSentByThem.tsx
+++ b/src/website/public/components/messages/DirectMessageSentByThem.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-import { Timestamp } from "../../model/common";
-
 export default DirectMessageSentByThem;
 
-interface Props {
+type Props = {
     message: string,
-    timestamp: Timestamp
+    date: Date
 }
 
 function DirectMessageSentByThem(props : Props) {
diff --git a/src/website/public/components/messages/GroupMessageSentByElse.tsx b/src/website/public/components/messages/GroupMessageSentByElse.tsx
index 68a1b115e0..1611fabe5a 100644
--- a/src/website/public/components/messages/GroupMessageSentByElse.tsx
+++ b/src/website/public/components/messages/GroupMessageSentByElse.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-import { Timestamp } from "../../model/common";
-
 interface Props {
     message: string,
-    timestamp: Timestamp,
+    date: Date,
     senderUsername: string
 }
 
diff --git a/src/website/public/components/messages/MessageSentByMe.tsx b/src/website/public/components/messages/MessageSentByMe.tsx
index 2eb3d51d5c..96587dbeed 100644
--- a/src/website/public/components/messages/MessageSentByMe.tsx
+++ b/src/website/public/components/messages/MessageSentByMe.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-import { Timestamp } from "../../model/common";
-
 export default MessageSentByMe;
 
 interface Props {
     message: string,
-    timestamp: Timestamp,
+    date: Date,
     confirmed: boolean
 }
 
diff --git a/src/website/public/utils/timestamp.ts b/src/website/public/utils/timestamp.ts
index ad808b7147..9b31db7f64 100644
--- a/src/website/public/utils/timestamp.ts
+++ b/src/website/public/utils/timestamp.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ import { Timestamp } from "../model/common";
 export function getCurrent() : Timestamp {
     return Date.now();
 }
+
+export function asDate(timestamp: Timestamp) : Date {
+    return new Date(timestamp);
+}