diff --git a/views/pages/willychat/messages.php b/views/pages/willychat/messages.php
index 6d1fed1..428a5ba 100644
--- a/views/pages/willychat/messages.php
+++ b/views/pages/willychat/messages.php
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+function get_time_ago_human($time) {
+    $time = time() - $time;
+    $time = ($time<1)? 1 : $time;
+    $tokens = array (
+        31536000 => 'year',
+        2592000 => 'month',
+        604800 => 'week',
+        86400 => 'day',
+        3600 => 'hour',
+        60 => 'minute',
+        1 => 'second'
+    );
+    foreach ($tokens as $unit => $text) {
+        if ($time < $unit) continue;
+        $numberOfUnits = floor($time / $unit);
+        return $numberOfUnits.' '.$text.(($numberOfUnits>1)?'s':'');
+    }
+}
+?>
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
@@ -27,7 +47,7 @@
 
     <?php foreach($messages as $message): ?>
         <div>
-            <small><span style="color: yellow"><?=htmlspecialchars($message['nick'])?></span> <?=gmdate("D M j G:i:s Y", $message['date']);?></small>
+            <small><span style="color: yellow"><?=htmlspecialchars($message['nick'])?></span> <?=get_time_ago_human($message['date']) . ' ago'//gmdate("D M j G:i:s Y", $message['date']);?></small>
             <p><?=htmlspecialchars($message['text'])?></p>
         </div>
     <?php endforeach; ?>
