diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/session/messages.js b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/session/messages.js
index 28fd17b14a..aeb35ec951 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/session/messages.js
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/session/messages.js
@@ -296,14 +296,7 @@ var g_NotificationsTypes =
 		{
 			message.translateParameters = notification.translateParameters;
 			message.parameters = notification.parameters;
-			// special case for formatting of player names which are transmitted as _player_num
-			for (let param in message.parameters)
-			{
-				if (!param.startsWith("_player_"))
-					continue;
-
-				message.parameters[param] = colorizePlayernameByID(message.parameters[param]);
-			}
+			colorizePlayernameParameters(notification.parameters);
 		}
 
 		addChatMessage(message);
@@ -546,6 +539,8 @@ function updateTimeNotifications()
 
 		parameters.time = timeToString(n.endTime - g_SimState.timeElapsed);
 
+		colorizePlayernameParameters(parameters);
+
 		notificationText += sprintf(message, parameters) + "\n";
 	}
 	Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("notificationText").caption = notificationText;
@@ -834,6 +829,16 @@ function colorizePlayernameHelper(username, playerID)
 	return '[color="' + playerColor + '"]' + (username || translate("Unknown Player")) + "[/color]";
 }
 
+/**
+ * Insert the colorized playername to chat messages sent by the AI and time notifications.
+ */
+function colorizePlayernameParameters(parameters)
+{
+	for (let param in parameters)
+		if (param.startsWith("_player_"))
+			parameters[param] = colorizePlayernameByID(parameters[param]);
+}
+
 function formatDefeatMessage(msg)
 {
 	return sprintf(
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/WonderVictory.js b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/WonderVictory.js
index 00c54d17b3..e1f136ca8b 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/WonderVictory.js
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/WonderVictory.js
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ Trigger.prototype.CheckWonderVictory = function(data)
 	let wonderDuration = cmpEndGameManager.GetGameTypeSettings().wonderDuration || 0;
 
 	messages.otherMessage = cmpGuiInterface.AddTimeNotification({
-		"message": markForTranslation("%(player)s will have won in %(time)s"),
+		"message": markForTranslation("%(_player_)s will have won in %(time)s"),
 		"players": players,
 		"parameters": {
-			"player": cmpPlayer.GetName()
+			"_player_": cmpPlayer.GetPlayerID()
 		},
 		"translateMessage": true,
 		"translateParameters": [],