diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
index a0c7741475..1269773aa2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
   </div>
   <div class='display-row'>
     <div class='field'>{{i18n 'admin.users.last_emailed'}}</div>
-    <div class='value'>{{format-date model.last_emailed_at leaveAgo="true"}}</div>
+    <div class='value'>{{format-date model.last_emailed_at}}</div>
   </div>
   <div class='display-row'>
     <div class='field'>{{i18n 'last_seen'}}</div>
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
   </div>
   <div class='display-row'>
     <div class='field'>{{i18n 'admin.user.time_read'}}</div>
-    <div class='value'>{{{model.time_read}}}</div>
+    <div class='value'>{{{format-duration model.time_read}}}</div>
   </div>
   <div class='display-row'>
     <div class='field'>{{i18n 'user.invited.days_visited'}}</div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/users-list-show.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/users-list-show.hbs
index cd292cb3e0..6239e88385 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/users-list-show.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/users-list-show.hbs
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
               {{unbound user.email}}
             </td>
             <td>
-              {{{unbound user.last_emailed_age}}}
+              {{{format-duration user.last_emailed_age}}}
             </td>
             <td>
-              {{{unbound user.last_seen_age}}}
+              {{{format-duration user.last_seen_age}}}
             </td>
             <td>
               {{number user.topics_entered}}
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
               {{number user.posts_read_count}}
             </td>
             <td>
-              {{{unbound user.time_read}}}
+              {{{format-duration user.time_read}}}
             </td>
 
             <td>
-              {{{unbound user.created_at_age}}}
+              {{{format-duration user.created_at_age}}}
             </td>
 
             {{#if showApproval}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/directory-item.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/directory-item.hbs
index 4b1d9a940e..e7758227f4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/directory-item.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/directory-item.hbs
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <td>{{number item.posts_read}}</td>
 <td>{{number item.days_visited}}</td>
 {{#if showTimeRead}}
-  <td><span class='time-read'>{{unbound item.time_read}}</span></td>
+  <td><span class='time-read'>{{format-duration item.time_read}}</span></td>
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-invited-show.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-invited-show.hbs
index fab58ece1f..5f8dc6d18a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-invited-show.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-invited-show.hbs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                     <td>{{format-date invite.user.last_seen_at}}</td>
                     <td>{{number invite.user.topics_entered}}</td>
                     <td>{{number invite.user.posts_read_count}}</td>
-                    <td>{{{unbound invite.user.time_read}}}</td>
+                    <td>{{{format-duration invite.user.time_read}}}</td>
                     <td><span title="{{i18n 'user.invited.days_visited'}}">{{{unbound invite.user.days_visited}}}</span>
                         /
                       <span title="{{i18n 'user.invited.account_age_days'}}">{{{unbound invite.user.days_since_created}}}</span></td>
diff --git a/app/serializers/admin_user_list_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/admin_user_list_serializer.rb
index 251ba21035..90471d529b 100644
--- a/app/serializers/admin_user_list_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/admin_user_list_serializer.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class AdminUserListSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
 
   def last_emailed_age
     return nil if object.last_emailed_at.blank?
-    AgeWords.age_words(Time.now - object.last_emailed_at)
+    Time.now - object.last_emailed_at
   end
 
   def last_seen_at
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ class AdminUserListSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
 
   def last_seen_age
     return nil if object.last_seen_at.blank?
-    AgeWords.age_words(Time.now - object.last_seen_at)
+    Time.now - object.last_seen_at
   end
 
   def time_read
     return nil if object.user_stat.time_read.blank?
-    AgeWords.age_words(object.user_stat.time_read)
+    object.user_stat.time_read
   end
 
   def created_at_age
-    AgeWords.age_words(Time.now - object.created_at)
+    Time.now - object.created_at
   end
 
   def can_approve
diff --git a/app/serializers/directory_item_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/directory_item_serializer.rb
index e241dc6f6c..753d7a8ad7 100644
--- a/app/serializers/directory_item_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/directory_item_serializer.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class DirectoryItemSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   end
 
   def time_read
-    AgeWords.age_words(object.user_stat.time_read)
+    object.user_stat.time_read
   end
 
   def include_time_read?
diff --git a/app/serializers/invited_user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/invited_user_serializer.rb
index ce3fe90623..3c1cb69d3c 100644
--- a/app/serializers/invited_user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/invited_user_serializer.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class InvitedUserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   attr_accessor :invited_by
 
   def time_read
-    AgeWords.age_words(object.user_stat.time_read)
+    object.user_stat.time_read
   end
 
   def include_time_read?