diff --git a/files/js/filelist.js b/files/js/filelist.js
index e4ec97e506..252a9c9580 100644
--- a/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ FileList={
 			simpleSize='Pending';
 		}
 		sizeColor = Math.round(200-Math.pow((size/(1024*1024)),2));
+		lastModifiedTime=Math.round(lastModified.getTime() / 1000);
+		modifiedColor=Math.round((Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000)-lastModifiedTime)/60/60/24*5);
 		html+='<td class="filesize" title="'+humanFileSize(size)+'" style="color:rgb('+sizeColor+','+sizeColor+','+sizeColor+')">'+simpleSize+'</td>';
-		html+='<td class="date">'+lastModified+'</td>';
+		html+='<td class="date" title="'+formatDate(lastModified)+'" style="color:rgb('+modifiedColor+','+modifiedColor+','+modifiedColor+')">'+relative_modified_date(lastModified.getTime() / 1000)+'</td>';
 		html+='</tr>';
 		FileList.insertElement(name,'file',$(html));
 		if(loading){
@@ -37,8 +39,16 @@ FileList={
 	addDir:function(name,size,lastModified){
 		var html='<tr data-file="'+name+'" data-type="dir">';
 		html+='<td class="filename"><input type="checkbox" /><a class="name" style="background-image:url(img/folder.png)" href="index.php?dir='+$('#dir').val()+'/'+name+'"><strong>'+name+'</strong></a></td>';
-		html+='<td class="filesize">'+size+'</td>';
-		html+='<td class="date">'+lastModified+'</td>';
+		if(size!='Pending'){
+			simpleSize=simpleFileSize(size);
+		}else{
+			simpleSize='Pending';
+		}
+		sizeColor = Math.round(200-Math.pow((size/(1024*1024)),2));
+		lastModifiedTime=Math.round(lastModified.getTime() / 1000);
+		modifiedColor=Math.round((Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000)-lastModifiedTime)/60/60/24*5);
+		html+='<td class="filesize" title="'+humanFileSize(size)+'" style="color:rgb('+sizeColor+','+sizeColor+','+sizeColor+')">'+simpleSize+'</td>';
+		html+='<td class="date" title="'+formatDate(lastModified)+'" style="color:rgb('+modifiedColor+','+modifiedColor+','+modifiedColor+')">'+relative_modified_date(lastModified.getTime() / 1000)+'</td>';
 		html+='</tr>';
 		
 		FileList.insertElement(name,'dir',$(html));
diff --git a/files/js/files.js b/files/js/files.js
index cd1689a2dd..60f2b2aec8 100644
--- a/files/js/files.js
+++ b/files/js/files.js
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			url: 'ajax/newfolder.php',
 			data: "dir="+$('#dir').val()+"&foldername="+$('#file_newfolder_name').val(),
 			complete: function(data){boolOperationFinished(data, function(){
-				var date=formatDate(new Date());
-				FileList.addDir($('#file_newfolder_name').val(),'0 B',date)
+				var date=new Date();
+				FileList.addDir($('#file_newfolder_name').val(),0,date)
 			});}
 		});
 		$('#file_newfolder_submit').fadeOut(250).trigger('vanish');
@@ -175,14 +175,13 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			});
 			form.submit();
 			var date=new Date();
-			var uploadTime=formatDate(date);
 			for(var i=0;i<files.length;i++){
 				if(files[i].size>0){
 					var size=files[i].size;
 				}else{
 					var size='Pending';
 				}
-				FileList.addFile(files[i].name,size,uploadTime,true);
+				FileList.addFile(files[i].name,size,date,true);
 			}
 
 			//clone the upload form and hide the new one to allow users to start a new upload while the old one is still uploading
@@ -416,3 +415,25 @@ function getSelectedFiles(property){
 	});
 	return files;
 }
+
+function relative_modified_date(timestamp) {
+	var timediff = Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000) - timestamp;
+	var diffminutes = Math.round(timediff/60);
+	var diffhours = Math.round(diffminutes/60);
+	var diffdays = Math.round(diffhours/24);
+	var diffmonths = Math.round(diffdays/31);
+	var diffyears = Math.round(diffdays/365);
+	if(timediff < 60) { return 'seconds ago'; }
+	else if(timediff < 120) { return '1 minute ago'; }
+	else if(timediff < 3600) { return diffminutes+' minutes ago'; }
+	//else if($timediff < 7200) { return '1 hour ago'; }
+	//else if($timediff < 86400) { return $diffhours.' hours ago'; }
+	else if(timediff < 86400) { return 'today'; }
+	else if(timediff < 172800) { return 'yesterday'; }
+	else if(timediff < 2678400) { return diffdays+' days ago'; }
+	else if(timediff < 5184000) { return 'last month'; }
+	//else if($timediff < 31556926) { return $diffmonths.' months ago'; }
+	else if(timediff < 31556926) { return 'months ago'; }
+	else if(timediff < 63113852) { return 'last year'; }
+	else { return diffyears+' years ago'; }
+}