diff --git a/pkg/web/templates/home.html b/pkg/web/templates/home.html
index 6d4457644199961c521639f4d49ad1d78baeeb84..2fc0133d83cf3fe4c81aad29a0b019372ac5df06 100644
--- a/pkg/web/templates/home.html
+++ b/pkg/web/templates/home.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <br>
         {{end}}
         {{if .UpdatedAt}}
-        Updated {{.UpdatedAt}}
+        Updated <time datetime="{{.UpdatedAt | rfc3339}}" data-tooltip="{{.UpdatedAt | formatDate}}">{{.UpdatedAt | relativeTime}}</time>
         {{end}}
       </small>
     </footer>
diff --git a/pkg/web/webui.go b/pkg/web/webui.go
index 56c6595a12d3db9aaaa09e53ea85199348be50b2..61837bc973fb6489912cd8ca3e1b535139f44c4a 100644
--- a/pkg/web/webui.go
+++ b/pkg/web/webui.go
@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 		return hashStr
 	},
 	"formatDate": func(t interface{}) string {
-		if time, ok := t.(fmt.Stringer); ok {
-			return time.String()
+		switch v := t.(type) {
+		case time.Time:
+			return v.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 UTC")
+		default:
+			if time, ok := t.(fmt.Stringer); ok {
+				return time.String()
+			}
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%v", t)
 		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%v", t)
 	},
 	"humanizeSize": func(size int64) string {
 		const unit = 1024
diff --git a/pkg/web/webui_home.go b/pkg/web/webui_home.go
index c8130acb0b02e5c11fdbd6be2b82b863b6b04951..e54fbaccd4f86a219746fdc5948897b723d7ddc8 100644
--- a/pkg/web/webui_home.go
+++ b/pkg/web/webui_home.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/pkg/proto"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/pkg/ui/common"
-	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 )
 
 type HomeRepository struct {
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ type HomeRepository struct {
 	Description string
 	IsPrivate   bool
 	CloneURL    string
-	UpdatedAt   string
+	UpdatedAt   time.Time
 }
 
 type HomeData struct {
@@ -135,9 +134,9 @@ func home(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		description := strings.TrimSpace(repo.Description())
 		cloneURL := common.RepoURL(cfg.SSH.PublicURL, name)
 
-		var updatedAt string
+		var updatedAt time.Time
 		if item.lastUpdate != nil {
-			updatedAt = humanize.Time(*item.lastUpdate)
+			updatedAt = item.lastUpdate.UTC()
 		}
 
 		homeRepos = append(homeRepos, HomeRepository{