diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/view/viewers/relativedate.js b/core/modules/widgets/view/viewers/relativedate.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..431d1166e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/view/viewers/relativedate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/widgets/view/viewers/relativedate.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: fieldviewer
+
+A viewer for viewing tiddler fields as a relative date
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+var RelativeDateViewer = function(viewWidget,tiddler,field,value) {
+	this.viewWidget = viewWidget;
+	this.tiddler = tiddler;
+	this.field = field;
+	this.value = value;
+};
+
+RelativeDateViewer.prototype.render = function() {
+	this.relativeDate = undefined;
+	if(this.value !== undefined) {
+		this.relativeDate = $tw.utils.getRelativeDate((new Date()) - this.value);
+	}
+	// Set the element details
+	this.viewWidget.tag = "span";
+	this.viewWidget.attributes = {
+		"class": "tw-view-date"
+	};
+	this.viewWidget.children = this.viewWidget.renderer.renderTree.createRenderers(this.viewWidget.renderer.renderContext,[{
+		type: "text",
+		text: this.relativeDate ? this.relativeDate.description : ""
+	}]);
+};
+
+/*
+Trigger the timer when the relative date is put into the DOM
+*/
+RelativeDateViewer.prototype.postRenderInDom = function() {
+	if(this.relativeDate) {
+		this.update();
+	}
+};
+
+/*
+Trigger the timer for the next update of the relative date
+*/
+RelativeDateViewer.prototype.setTimer = function() {
+	var self = this;
+	if(this.relativeDate.updatePeriod < 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
+		window.setTimeout(function() {
+			// Only call the update function if the dom node is still in the document
+			if($tw.utils.domContains(document,self.viewWidget.renderer.domNode)) {
+				self.update.call(self);
+			}
+		},this.relativeDate.updatePeriod);
+	}
+};
+
+/*
+Update the relative date display, and trigger the timer for the next update
+*/
+RelativeDateViewer.prototype.update = function() {
+	this.relativeDate = $tw.utils.getRelativeDate((new Date()) - this.value);
+	if(this.relativeDate.delta > 0) {
+		while(this.viewWidget.renderer.domNode.hasChildNodes()) {
+			this.viewWidget.renderer.domNode.removeChild(this.viewWidget.renderer.domNode.firstChild);
+		}
+		this.viewWidget.renderer.domNode.appendChild(document.createTextNode(this.relativeDate.description));
+		this.setTimer();
+	}
+};
+
+exports.relativedate = RelativeDateViewer;
+
+})();
diff --git a/core/templates/ViewTemplate.tid b/core/templates/ViewTemplate.tid
index cf54b7d88..9552a5857 100644
--- a/core/templates/ViewTemplate.tid
+++ b/core/templates/ViewTemplate.tid
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ modifier: JeremyRuston
 <div class="tw-drop-down"><$transclude template="$:/templates/TiddlerDropdown"></$transclude></div>
 </$reveal>
 
-<div class="small"><$view field="modifier" format="link"/> <$view field="modified" format="date"/></div>
+<div class="small"><$view field="modifier" format="link"/> <$view field="modified" format="relativedate"/></div>
 
 <div class="tw-tags-wrapper"><$list filter="[is[current]tags[]]" template="$:/templates/TagTemplate" /></div>