diff --git a/__tests__/lib/string.test.ts b/__tests__/lib/string.test.ts
index 936708cf..75d7b842 100644
--- a/__tests__/lib/string.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/lib/string.test.ts
@@ -176,16 +176,20 @@ describe('ago', () => {
     new Date().setMinutes(new Date().getMinutes() - 10),
     new Date().setHours(new Date().getHours() - 1),
     new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - 1),
+    new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - 6),
+    new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - 7),
     new Date().setMonth(new Date().getMonth() - 1),
   ]
   const outputs = [
-    new Date(1671461038).toLocaleDateString(),
-    new Date('04 Dec 1995 00:12:00 GMT').toLocaleDateString(),
+    new Date(1671461038).toLocaleDateString('en-us', {year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric'}),
+    new Date('04 Dec 1995 00:12:00 GMT').toLocaleDateString('en-us', {year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric'}),
     '0s',
     '10m',
     '1h',
     '1d',
-    '1mo',
+    '6d',
+    new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() - 7)).toLocaleDateString('en-us', {year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric'}),
+    new Date(new Date().setMonth(new Date().getMonth() - 1)).toLocaleDateString('en-us', {year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric'}),
   ]
 
   it('correctly calculates how much time passed, in a string', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/strings/time.ts b/src/lib/strings/time.ts
index 588b8445..3f284755 100644
--- a/src/lib/strings/time.ts
+++ b/src/lib/strings/time.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const MINUTE = 60
 const HOUR = MINUTE * 60
 const DAY = HOUR * 24
-const MONTH = DAY * 28
-const YEAR = DAY * 365
+const WEEK = DAY * 7
+
 export function ago(date: number | string | Date): string {
   let ts: number
   if (typeof date === 'string') {
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ export function ago(date: number | string | Date): string {
     return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / MINUTE)}m`
   } else if (diffSeconds < DAY) {
     return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / HOUR)}h`
-  } else if (diffSeconds < MONTH) {
+  } else if (diffSeconds < WEEK) {
     return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / DAY)}d`
-  } else if (diffSeconds < YEAR) {
-    return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / MONTH)}mo`
   } else {
-    return new Date(ts).toLocaleDateString()
+    return new Date(ts).toLocaleDateString('en-us', {
+      year: 'numeric',
+      month: 'short',
+      day: 'numeric',
+    })
   }
 }