diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 7c0849faac..00aaf7c47c 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ var socket,
 			});
 		}
 
+		$('span.timeago').timeago();
+
 		setTimeout(function() {
 			window.scrollTo(0, 1); // rehide address bar on mobile after page load completes.
 		}, 100);
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ var socket,
 
 		app.populate_online_users();
 		app.addCommasToNumbers();
+		$('span.timeago').timeago();
 	}
 
 	app.infiniteLoaderActive = false;
diff --git a/public/src/forum/category.js b/public/src/forum/category.js
index 24a059ae42..b477083764 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/category.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/category.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 		var frag = document.createDocumentFragment(),
 			li = document.createElement('li');
 		for (var i = 0, numPosts = posts.length; i < numPosts; i++) {
-			var dateString = utils.relativeTime(posts[i].timestamp);
+
 			li.setAttribute('data-pid', posts[i].pid);
 
 
@@ -90,12 +90,13 @@
 				'<p>' +
 				posts[i].content +
 				'</p>' +
-				'<span><strong>' + posts[i].username + '</strong> - ' + utils.relativeTime(posts[i].timestamp) + ' ago</span>' +
+				'<span><strong>' + posts[i].username + '</strong></span> -<span class="timeago" title="' + posts[i].relativeTime + '"></span>' +
 				'</a>';
 
 			frag.appendChild(li.cloneNode(true));
 			recent_replies.appendChild(frag);
 		}
+		$('#category_recent_replies span.timeago').timeago();
 	});
 
 	function onTopicsLoaded(topics) {
@@ -109,8 +110,9 @@
 		jQuery('#category-no-topics').remove();
 
 		container.append(html);
-	}
 
+		$('#topics-container span.timeago').timeago();
+	}
 
 
 	function loadMoreTopics(cid) {
@@ -135,4 +137,4 @@
 	});
 
 
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+})();
diff --git a/public/templates/account.tpl b/public/templates/account.tpl
index b052bf7b49..929771940b 100644
--- a/public/templates/account.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/account.tpl
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 					<span>{age}</span>
 					<br/>
 					<hr/>
-					<span class="account-bio-label">member for</span>
-					<span>{joindate}</span>
+					<span class="account-bio-label">joined</span>
+					<span class="timeago" title="{joindate}"></span>
 					<br/>
 
 					<span class="account-bio-label">profile views</span>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 			<!-- BEGIN posts -->
 			<div class="topic-row img-thumbnail clearfix" topic-url="topic/{posts.tid}/#{posts.pid}">
 				<span>{posts.content}</span>
-				<span class="pull-right">{posts.relativeTime} ago</span>
+				<span class="pull-right timeago" title="{posts.relativeTime}"></span>
 			</div>
 			<!-- END posts -->
 		</div>
diff --git a/public/templates/category.tpl b/public/templates/category.tpl
index e12b3898bc..41f5cbd021 100644
--- a/public/templates/category.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/category.tpl
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 						<div class="pull-right">
 							<img class="img-rounded" style="width: 48px; height: 48px; /*temporary*/" src="{topics.teaser_userpicture}" />
 							<p>{topics.teaser_text}</p>
-							<span><strong>{topics.teaser_username}</strong> posted {topics.teaser_timestamp} ago</span>
+							<span><strong>{topics.teaser_username}</strong> posted</span><span class="timeago" title="{topics.teaser_timestamp}"></span>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 					<div>
 						<h3><span class="topic-title"><span class="badge {topics.badgeclass}">{topics.postcount}</span>{topics.title}</span></h3>
 						<small>
 							<strong><i class="{topics.pin-icon}"></i> <i class="{topics.lock-icon}"></i></strong>
-							Posted {topics.relativeTime} ago by
+							Posted <span class="timeago" title="{topics.relativeTime}"></span> by
 							<strong>{topics.username}</strong>.
 						</small>
 					</div>
diff --git a/public/templates/favourites.tpl b/public/templates/favourites.tpl
index 7bd01e7556..1d124e4710 100644
--- a/public/templates/favourites.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/favourites.tpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 				<span><strong>{posts.username}</strong> : </span>
 				<span>{posts.content}</span>
 				<div>
-					<span class="pull-right">{posts.relativeTime} ago</span>
+					<span class="pull-right timeago" title="{posts.relativeTime}"></span>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<br/>
diff --git a/public/templates/header.tpl b/public/templates/header.tpl
index 13db3b7e57..0efb66394d 100644
--- a/public/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/header.tpl
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 	</script>
 	<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
 	<script src="{relative_path}/vendor/jquery/js/jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js"></script>
+	<script src="{relative_path}/vendor/jquery/js/jquery.timeago.js"></script>
 	<script src="{relative_path}/vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
 	<script src="{relative_path}/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
 	<script src="{relative_path}/src/app.js"></script>
diff --git a/public/templates/recent.tpl b/public/templates/recent.tpl
index 020372658a..42463f0bfc 100644
--- a/public/templates/recent.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/recent.tpl
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@
 							<div class="pull-right">
 								<img style="width: 48px; height: 48px; /*temporary*/" src="{topics.teaser_userpicture}" />
 								<p><strong>{topics.teaser_username}</strong>: {topics.teaser_text}</p>
-								<span>posted {topics.teaser_timestamp} ago</span>
+								<span>posted</span>
+								<span class="timeago" title="{topics.teaser_timestamp}"></span>
 							</div>
 						</div>
 						<div>
 							<h3><span class="topic-title"><span class="badge {topics.badgeclass}">{topics.postcount}</span>{topics.title}</span></h3>
 							<small>
 								<strong><i class="{topics.pin-icon}"></i><i class="{topics.lock-icon}"></i></strong>
-								Posted {topics.relativeTime} ago by
+								<span>Posted </span><span class="timeago" title="{topics.relativeTime}"></span><span> by</span>
 								<strong>{topics.username}</strong>.
 							</small>
 						</div>
diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index b569dbf4d2..3c03a5cad7 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@
 						<div class="post-signature">{main_posts.signature}</div>
 						<div class="post-info">
 							<span class="pull-right">
-								posted <span class="relativeTimeAgo">{main_posts.relativeTime} ago</span>
-								<span class="{main_posts.edited-class}">| last edited by <strong><a href="/user/{main_posts.editorslug}">{main_posts.editorname}</a></strong> {main_posts.relativeEditTime} ago</span>
+								posted <span class="relativeTimeAgo timeago" title="{main_posts.relativeTime}"></span>
+								<span class="{main_posts.edited-class}">| last edited by <strong><a href="/user/{main_posts.editorslug}">{main_posts.editorname}</a></strong></span>
+								<span class="timeago" title="{main_posts.relativeEditTime}"></span>
 							</span>
 							<div style="clear:both;"></div>
 						</div>
@@ -114,8 +115,9 @@
 						<div class="post-signature">{posts.signature}</div>
 						<div class="post-info">
 							<span class="pull-right">
-								posted <span class="relativeTimeAgo">{posts.relativeTime} ago</span>
-								<span class="{posts.edited-class}">| last edited by <strong><a href="/user/{posts.editorslug}">{posts.editorname}</a></strong> {posts.relativeEditTime} ago</span>
+								posted <span class="relativeTimeAgo timeago" title="{posts.relativeTime}"></span>
+								<span class="{posts.edited-class}">| last edited by <strong><a href="/user/{posts.editorslug}">{posts.editorname}</a></strong></span>
+								<span class="timeago" title="{posts.relativeEditTime}"></span>
 							</span>
 							<div style="clear:both;"></div>
 						</div>
diff --git a/public/themes/vanilla/category.less b/public/themes/vanilla/category.less
index b9f7c2b78f..f4f230b39d 100644
--- a/public/themes/vanilla/category.less
+++ b/public/themes/vanilla/category.less
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
 			span {
 				display: block;
 				float: left;
-				width: 70%;
 				margin-left: 10px;
 				overflow: hidden;
 				height: 16px;
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@
 				}
 				span {
 					font-size: 12px;
-					display: block;
 					overflow: hidden;
 					height: 16px;
 					padding-left: 8px;
diff --git a/src/admin/categories.js b/src/admin/categories.js
index 4f4dc682a7..405f180cdc 100644
--- a/src/admin/categories.js
+++ b/src/admin/categories.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ var RDB = require('./../redis.js'),
 					// reset slugs if name is updated
 					var slug = cid + '/' + utils.slugify(category[key]);
 					RDB.hset('category:' + cid, 'slug', slug);
-					RDB.set('categoryslug:' + slug + ':cid', cid);
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index aff11e21e9..dee76c0474 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					Posts.getPostFields(pid, ['pid', 'tid', 'content', 'uid', 'timestamp', 'deleted'], function(postData) {
 						if (postData.deleted === '1') return callback(null);
 						else {
-							postData.relativeTime = utils.relativeTime(postData.timestamp);
+							postData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(postData.timestamp, 10)).toISOString();
 							next(null, postData);
 						}
 					});
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		async.eachSeries(pids, function(pid, callback) {
 			Posts.getPostData(pid, function(postData) {
 				if (postData) {
-					postData.relativeTime = utils.relativeTime(postData.timestamp);
+					postData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(postData.timestamp,10)).toISOString();
 					postData.post_rep = postData.reputation;
 					postData['edited-class'] = postData.editor !== '' ? '' : 'none';
-					postData['relativeEditTime'] = postData.edited !== '0' ? utils.relativeTime(postData.edited) : '';
+					postData['relativeEditTime'] = postData.edited !== '0' ? (new Date(parseInt(postData.edited,10)).toISOString()) : '';
 
 					postTools.toHTML(postData.content, function(err, content) {
 						postData.content = content;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 								'fav_button_class': '',
 								'fav_star_class': 'icon-star-empty',
 								'show_banned': 'hide',
-								'relativeTime': '0 seconds',
+								'relativeTime': new Date(timestamp).toISOString(),
 								'post_rep': '0',
 								'edited-class': 'none',
 								'relativeEditTime': ''
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 8fdfd9a85a..1c60e247d4 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 
 				user.getUserData(uid, function(err, data) {
 					if (data) {
-						data.joindate = utils.relativeTime(data.joindate);
+						data.joindate = new Date(parseInt(data.joindate, 10)).toISOString();
 
 						if (!data.birthday) {
 							data.age = '';
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 49d2274b86..baaa608948 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -305,14 +305,15 @@ schema = require('./schema.js'),
 					topicData['lock-icon'] = topicData.locked === '1' ? 'icon-lock' : 'none';
 					topicData['deleted-class'] = topicData.deleted === '1' ? 'deleted' : '';
 
-					topicData.relativeTime = utils.relativeTime(topicData.timestamp);
+					topicData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(topicData.timestamp, 10)).toISOString();
 
 					topicData.username = topicInfo.username;
 					topicData.badgeclass = (topicInfo.hasread && current_user != 0) ? '' : 'badge-important';
 					topicData.teaser_text = topicInfo.teaserInfo.text || '',
 					topicData.teaser_username = topicInfo.teaserInfo.username || '';
 					topicData.teaser_userpicture = topicInfo.teaserInfo.picture || '';
-					topicData.teaser_timestamp = topicInfo.teaserInfo.timestamp ? utils.relativeTime(topicInfo.teaserInfo.timestamp) : '';
+
+					topicData.teaser_timestamp = topicInfo.teaserInfo.timestamp ? (new Date(parseInt(topicInfo.teaserInfo.timestamp, 10)).toISOString()) : '';
 
 					if (isTopicVisible(topicData, topicInfo))
 						retrieved_topics.push(topicData);
@@ -426,11 +427,11 @@ schema = require('./schema.js'),
 				hasRead = results[1],
 				teaser = results[2];
 
-			topicData.relativeTime = utils.relativeTime(topicData.timestamp);
+			topicData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(topicData.timestamp,10)).toISOString();
 			topicData.badgeclass = hasRead ? '' : 'badge-important';
 			topicData.teaser_text = teaser.text || '';
 			topicData.teaser_username = teaser.username || '';
-			topicData.teaser_timestamp = teaser.timestamp ? utils.relativeTime(teaser.timestamp) : '';
+			topicData.teaser_timestamp = teaser.timestamp ? (new Date(parseInt(teaser.timestamp,10)).toISOString()) : '';
 			topicData.teaser_userpicture = teaser.picture;
 
 			callback(topicData);