diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index e7716c1fe9..8585234d8b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -780,6 +780,9 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_posts( $args ) {
 				$relative = __( 'Today' );
 			} elseif ( date( 'Y-m-d', $time ) == $tomorrow ) {
 				$relative = __( 'Tomorrow' );
+			} elseif ( date( 'Y', $time ) !== date( 'Y', current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) ) {
+				/* translators: date and time format for recent posts on the dashboard, from a different calendar year, see http://php.net/date */
+				$relative = date_i18n( __( 'M jS Y' ), $time );
 			} else {
 				/* translators: date and time format for recent posts on the dashboard, see http://php.net/date */
 				$relative = date_i18n( __( 'M jS' ), $time );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 336c80b9e7..2e76f0d5a6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34979';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34980';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.