diff --git a/src/components/post/post.tsx b/src/components/post/post.tsx
index bbed3d10..0c21345a 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { isPendingView, isPostView } from '../../lib/utils/view-utils';
 import { getCommentMediaInfoMemoized, getHasThumbnail } from '../../lib/utils/media-utils';
 import { getHostname } from '../../lib/utils/url-utils';
-import { getFormattedTime } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
+import { getFormattedTimeAgo } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
 import ExpandButton from './expand-button';
 import Expando from './expando';
 import Flair from './flair';
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ const Post = ({ post, index }: PostProps) => {
               />
             )}
             <p className={styles.tagline}>
-              {t('post_submitted')} {getFormattedTime(timestamp)} {t('post_by')}{' '}
+              {t('post_submitted')} {getFormattedTimeAgo(timestamp)} {t('post_by')}{' '}
               <Link className={styles.authorAddressWrapper} to={`u/${shortAuthorAddress}`} onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}>
                 <span className={styles.authorAddressHidden}>u/{post?.author?.shortAddress || shortAuthorAddress}</span>
                 <span className={`${styles.authorAddressVisible} ${authorAddressChanged && styles.authorAddressChanged}`}>u/{shortAuthorAddress}</span>
diff --git a/src/components/reply/reply.tsx b/src/components/reply/reply.tsx
index 03e6fbc7..a4cf04de 100644
--- a/src/components/reply/reply.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reply/reply.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import styles from './reply.module.css';
 import useReplies from '../../hooks/use-replies';
 import { CommentMediaInfo, getCommentMediaInfoMemoized, getHasThumbnail } from '../../lib/utils/media-utils';
-import { getFormattedTime } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
+import { getFormattedTimeAgo } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
 import LoadingEllipsis from '../loading-ellipsis/';
 import Expando from '../post/expando/';
 import ExpandButton from '../post/expand-button/';
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ const Reply = ({ reply, depth }: ReplyProps) => {
             >
               {shortAuthorAddress}
             </Link>
-            <span className={styles.score}>{scoreString}</span> <span className={styles.time}>{getFormattedTime(timestamp)}</span>
+            <span className={styles.score}>{scoreString}</span> <span className={styles.time}>{getFormattedTimeAgo(timestamp)}</span>
             {stateLabel}
             {flair && (
               <>
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/sidebar.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/sidebar.tsx
index 03b0e3f8..450b6425 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/sidebar.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useSubplebbitStats } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import styles from './sidebar.module.css';
 import { Link, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { getFormattedTime } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
+import { getFormattedDuration, getFormattedTimeAgo } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
 import { findSubplebbitCreator } from '../../lib/utils/user-utils';
 import { isAboutView } from '../../lib/utils/view-utils';
 
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ const Sidebar = ({ address, createdAt, description, roles, shortAddress, title,
   const { allActiveUserCount, hourActiveUserCount } = useSubplebbitStats({ subplebbitAddress: address });
   const isOnline = updatedAt > Date.now() / 1000 - 60 * 30;
   const onlineNotice = hourActiveUserCount + ' users here now';
-  const offlineNotice = 'community node last seen ' + getFormattedTime(updatedAt);
+  const offlineNotice = 'community node last seen ' + getFormattedTimeAgo(updatedAt);
   const onlineStatus = isOnline ? onlineNotice : offlineNotice;
   const location = useLocation();
   const isAbout = isAboutView(location.pathname);
   const subplebbitCreator = findSubplebbitCreator(roles);
-  const creatorAddress = subplebbitCreator === 'anonymous' ? 'anonymous' : `u/${subplebbitCreator}`
+  const creatorAddress = subplebbitCreator === 'anonymous' ? 'anonymous' : `u/${subplebbitCreator}`;
 
   return (
     <div className={`${isAbout ? styles.about : styles.sidebar}`}>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const Sidebar = ({ address, createdAt, description, roles, shortAddress, title,
           <Link to={`/u/user.eth`} onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}>
             {creatorAddress}
           </Link>
-          <span className={styles.age}> a community for {getFormattedTime(createdAt)}</span>
+          <span className={styles.age}> a community for {getFormattedDuration(createdAt)}</span>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/time-utils.ts b/src/lib/utils/time-utils.ts
index 52e2418b..55aca271 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/time-utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/time-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import i18next from "i18next";
 
-export const getFormattedTime = (unixTimestamp: number): string => {
+export const getFormattedTimeAgo = (unixTimestamp: number): string => {
   const currentTime = Date.now() / 1000;
   const timeDifference = currentTime - unixTimestamp;
   const t = i18next.t;
@@ -33,4 +33,39 @@ export const getFormattedTime = (unixTimestamp: number): string => {
     return t('time_1_year_ago');
   }
   return t('time_x_years_ago', { count: Math.floor(timeDifference / 31104000) });
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+export const getFormattedDuration = (unixTimestamp: number): string => {
+  const currentTime = Date.now() / 1000;
+  const timeDifference = currentTime - unixTimestamp;
+  const t = i18next.t;
+
+  if (timeDifference < 60) {
+    return t('time_1_minute');
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 3600) {
+    return t('time_x_minutes', { count: Math.floor(timeDifference / 60) });
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 7200) {
+    return t('time_1_hour');
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 86400) {
+    return t('time_x_hours', { count: Math.floor(timeDifference / 3600) });
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 172800) {
+    return t('time_1_day');
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 2592000) {
+    return t('time_x_days', { count: Math.floor(timeDifference / 86400) });
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 5184000) {
+    return t('time_1_month');
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 31104000) {
+    return t('time_x_months', { count: Math.floor(timeDifference / 2592000) });
+  }
+  if (timeDifference < 62208000) {
+    return t('time_1_year');
+  }
+  return t('time_x_years', { count: Math.floor(timeDifference / 31104000) });
+};