diff --git a/web/src/components/TimeAgo.jsx b/web/src/components/TimeAgo.jsx
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--- a/web/src/components/TimeAgo.jsx
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-import { h } from 'preact';
-
-const timeAgo = ({ time, dense = false }) => {
-  if (!time) return 'Invalid Time';
-  try {
-    const currentTime = new Date();
-    const pastTime = new Date(time);
-    const elapsedTime = currentTime - pastTime;
-    if (elapsedTime < 0) return 'Invalid Time';
-
-    const timeUnits = [
-      { unit: 'ye', full: 'year', value: 31536000 },
-      { unit: 'mo', full: 'month', value: 0 },
-      { unit: 'day', full: 'day', value: 86400 },
-      { unit: 'h', full: 'hour', value: 3600 },
-      { unit: 'm', full: 'minute', value: 60 },
-      { unit: 's', full: 'second', value: 1 },
-    ];
-
-    let elapsed = elapsedTime / 1000;
-    if (elapsed < 60) {
-      return 'just now';
-    }
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < timeUnits.length; i++) {
-      // if months
-      if (i === 1) {
-        // Get the month and year for the time provided
-        const pastMonth = pastTime.getUTCMonth();
-        const pastYear = pastTime.getUTCFullYear();
-
-        // get current month and year
-        const currentMonth = currentTime.getUTCMonth();
-        const currentYear = currentTime.getUTCFullYear();
-
-        let monthDiff = (currentYear - pastYear) * 12 + (currentMonth - pastMonth);
-
-        // check if the time provided is the previous month but not exceeded 1 month ago.
-        if (currentTime.getUTCDate() < pastTime.getUTCDate()) {
-          monthDiff--;
-        }
-
-        if (monthDiff > 0) {
-          const unitAmount = monthDiff;
-          return `${unitAmount}${dense ? timeUnits[i].unit[0] : ` ${timeUnits[i].full}`}${dense ? '' : 's'} ago`;
-        }
-      } else if (elapsed >= timeUnits[i].value) {
-        const unitAmount = Math.floor(elapsed / timeUnits[i].value);
-        return `${unitAmount}${dense ? timeUnits[i].unit[0] : ` ${timeUnits[i].full}`}${dense ? '' : 's'} ago`;
-      }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    return 'Invalid Time';
-  }
-};
-
-const TimeAgo = (props) => {
-  return <span>{timeAgo({ ...props })}</span>;
-};
-
-export default TimeAgo;
diff --git a/web/src/components/TimeAgo.tsx b/web/src/components/TimeAgo.tsx
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+import { h, FunctionComponent } from 'preact';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
+
+interface IProp {
+  /** The time to calculate time-ago from */
+  time: Date;
+  /** OPTIONAL: overwrite current time */
+  currentTime?: Date;
+  /** OPTIONAL: boolean that determines whether to show the time-ago text in dense format */
+  dense?: boolean;
+  /** OPTIONAL: set custom refresh interval in milliseconds, default 1000 (1 sec) */
+  refreshInterval?: number;
+}
+
+type TimeUnit = {
+  unit: string;
+  full: string;
+  value: number;
+};
+
+const timeAgo = ({ time, currentTime = new Date(), dense = false }: IProp): string => {
+  if (typeof time !== 'number' || time < 0) return 'Invalid Time Provided';
+
+  const pastTime: Date = new Date(time);
+  const elapsedTime: number = currentTime.getTime() - pastTime.getTime();
+
+  const timeUnits: TimeUnit[] = [
+    { unit: 'ye', full: 'year', value: 31536000 },
+    { unit: 'mo', full: 'month', value: 0 },
+    { unit: 'day', full: 'day', value: 86400 },
+    { unit: 'h', full: 'hour', value: 3600 },
+    { unit: 'm', full: 'minute', value: 60 },
+    { unit: 's', full: 'second', value: 1 },
+  ];
+
+  const elapsed: number = elapsedTime / 1000;
+  if (elapsed < 10) {
+    return 'just now';
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < timeUnits.length; i++) {
+    // if months
+    if (i === 1) {
+      // Get the month and year for the time provided
+      const pastMonth = pastTime.getUTCMonth();
+      const pastYear = pastTime.getUTCFullYear();
+
+      // get current month and year
+      const currentMonth = currentTime.getUTCMonth();
+      const currentYear = currentTime.getUTCFullYear();
+
+      let monthDiff = (currentYear - pastYear) * 12 + (currentMonth - pastMonth);
+
+      // check if the time provided is the previous month but not exceeded 1 month ago.
+      if (currentTime.getUTCDate() < pastTime.getUTCDate()) {
+        monthDiff--;
+      }
+
+      if (monthDiff > 0) {
+        const unitAmount = monthDiff;
+        return `${unitAmount}${dense ? timeUnits[i].unit[0] : ` ${timeUnits[i].full}`}${dense ? '' : 's'} ago`;
+      }
+    } else if (elapsed >= timeUnits[i].value) {
+      const unitAmount: number = Math.floor(elapsed / timeUnits[i].value);
+      return `${unitAmount}${dense ? timeUnits[i].unit[0] : ` ${timeUnits[i].full}`}${dense ? '' : 's'} ago`;
+    }
+  }
+  return 'Invalid Time';
+};
+
+const TimeAgo: FunctionComponent<IProp> = ({ refreshInterval = 1000, ...rest }): JSX.Element => {
+  const [currentTime, setCurrentTime] = useState<Date>(new Date());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const intervalId: NodeJS.Timeout = setInterval(() => {
+      setCurrentTime(new Date());
+    }, refreshInterval);
+    return () => clearInterval(intervalId);
+  }, [refreshInterval]);
+
+  const timeAgoValue = useMemo(() => timeAgo({ currentTime, ...rest }), [currentTime, rest]);
+
+  return <span>{timeAgoValue}</span>;
+};
+export default TimeAgo;