diff --git a/crates/ui2/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui2/src/lib.rs
index c1da5e410d..5d0a57c6d9 100644
--- a/crates/ui2/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui2/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ mod elevation;
 pub mod prelude;
 pub mod settings;
 mod static_data;
+pub mod utils;
 
 pub use components::*;
 pub use elements::*;
diff --git a/crates/ui2/src/utils.rs b/crates/ui2/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573a1333ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui2/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod format_distance;
+
+pub use format_distance::*;
diff --git a/crates/ui2/src/utils/format_distance.rs b/crates/ui2/src/utils/format_distance.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6835e530d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui2/src/utils/format_distance.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+
+fn distance_in_seconds(date: NaiveDateTime, base_date: NaiveDateTime) -> i64 {
+    let duration = date.signed_duration_since(base_date);
+    duration.num_seconds()
+}
+
+fn distance_string(distance: i64, include_seconds: bool, add_suffix: bool) -> String {
+    let suffix = if distance < 0 { " from now" } else { " ago" };
+
+    let d = distance.abs();
+
+    let minutes = d / 60;
+    let hours = d / 3600;
+    let days = d / 86400;
+    let months = d / 2592000;
+    let years = d / 31536000;
+
+    let string = if d < 5 && include_seconds {
+        "less than 5 seconds".to_string()
+    } else if d < 10 && include_seconds {
+        "less than 10 seconds".to_string()
+    } else if d < 20 && include_seconds {
+        "less than 20 seconds".to_string()
+    } else if d < 40 && include_seconds {
+        "half a minute".to_string()
+    } else if d < 60 && include_seconds {
+        "less than a minute".to_string()
+    } else if d < 90 && include_seconds {
+        "1 minute".to_string()
+    } else if d < 30 {
+        "less than a minute".to_string()
+    } else if d < 90 {
+        "1 minute".to_string()
+    } else if d < 2700 {
+        format!("{} minutes", minutes)
+    } else if d < 5400 {
+        "about 1 hour".to_string()
+    } else if d < 86400 {
+        format!("about {} hours", hours)
+    } else if d < 172800 {
+        "1 day".to_string()
+    } else if d < 2592000 {
+        format!("{} days", days)
+    } else if d < 5184000 {
+        "about 1 month".to_string()
+    } else if d < 7776000 {
+        "about 2 months".to_string()
+    } else if d < 31536000 {
+        format!("{} months", months)
+    } else if d < 39408000 {
+        "about 1 year".to_string()
+    } else if d < 47318400 {
+        "over 1 year".to_string()
+    } else if d < 63072000 {
+        "almost 2 years".to_string()
+    } else {
+        format!("{} years", years)
+    };
+
+    if add_suffix {
+        return format!("{}{}", string, suffix);
+    } else {
+        string
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn naive_format_distance(
+    date: NaiveDateTime,
+    base_date: NaiveDateTime,
+    include_seconds: bool,
+    add_suffix: bool,
+) -> String {
+    let distance = distance_in_seconds(date, base_date);
+
+    distance_string(distance, include_seconds, add_suffix)
+}
+
+pub fn naive_format_distance_from_now(
+    datetime: NaiveDateTime,
+    include_seconds: bool,
+    add_suffix: bool,
+) -> String {
+    let now = chrono::offset::Local::now().naive_local();
+
+    naive_format_distance(datetime, now, include_seconds, add_suffix)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+
+    // #[test]
+    // fn test_naive_format_distance() {
+    //     let date = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(0, 0);
+    //     let base_date = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(9400, 0);
+
+    //     assert_eq!(
+    //         "about 2 hours ago",
+    //         naive_format_distance(
+    //             date.expect("invalid datetime"),
+    //             base_date.expect("invalid datetime"),
+    //             false,
+    //             true
+    //         )
+    //     );
+    // }
+
+    // #[test]
+    // fn test_naive_format_distance_with_seconds() {
+    //     let date = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(0, 0);
+    //     let base_date = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(10, 0);
+
+    //     assert_eq!(
+    //         "less than 30 seconds ago",
+    //         naive_format_distance(
+    //             date.expect("invalid datetime"),
+    //             base_date.expect("invalid datetime"),
+    //             true,
+    //             true
+    //         )
+    //     );
+    // }
+
+    // #[test]
+    // fn test_naive_format_distance_with_future_date() {
+    //     let date = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(3400, 0);
+    //     let base_date = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(00, 0);
+
+    //     assert_eq!(
+    //         "about 56 from now",
+    //         naive_format_distance(
+    //             date.expect("invalid datetime"),
+    //             base_date.expect("invalid datetime"),
+    //             false,
+    //             true
+    //         )
+    //     );
+    // }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_naive_format_distance_string() {
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(3, false, false), "less than a minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(7, false, false), "less than a minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(13, false, false), "less than a minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(21, false, false), "less than a minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(45, false, false), "1 minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(61, false, false), "1 minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(1920, false, false), "32 minutes");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(3902, false, false), "about 1 hour");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(18002, false, false), "about 5 hours");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(86470, false, false), "1 day");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(345880, false, false), "4 days");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_naive_format_distance_string_include_seconds() {
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(3, true, false), "less than 5 seconds");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(7, true, false), "less than 10 seconds");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(13, true, false), "less than 20 seconds");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(21, true, false), "half a minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(45, true, false), "less than a minute");
+        assert_eq!(distance_string(61, true, false), "1 minute");
+    }
+}