diff --git a/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php b/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php
index 14bbd60766..db1588d0bb 100644
--- a/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php
+++ b/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ abstract class BaseUsers extends BaseModeration
 			$user['account_type']     = ($user['page_flags_raw'] == 0) ? $account_types[$user['account-type']] : '';
 
 			$user['register_date'] = Temporal::getRelativeDate($user['register_date']);
-			$user['login_date']    = Temporal::getRelativeDate($user['last-activity'], null, false);
+			$user['login_date']    = Temporal::getRelativeDate($user['last-activity'], false);
 			$user['lastitem_date'] = Temporal::getRelativeDate($user['last-item']);
 			$user['is_admin']      = in_array($user['email'], $adminlist);
 			$user['is_deletable']  = !$user['account_removed'] && intval($user['uid']) != $this->session->getLocalUserId();
diff --git a/src/Util/Temporal.php b/src/Util/Temporal.php
index 24d7d7e23d..c3f744ba63 100644
--- a/src/Util/Temporal.php
+++ b/src/Util/Temporal.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ use DateTimeZone;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Util\Clock\SystemClock;
+use Psr\Clock\ClockInterface;
 
 /**
  * Temporal class
@@ -305,19 +307,21 @@ class Temporal
 	 * Results relative to current timezone.
 	 * Limited to range of timestamps.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $posted_date  MySQL-formatted date string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
-	 * @param string $format       (optional) Parsed with sprintf()
-	 * @param bool   $compare_time Compare date (false) or date and time (true). "true" is default.
-	 *    <tt>%1$d %2$s ago</tt>, e.g. 22 hours ago, 1 minute ago
+	 * @param string|null         $posted_date  MySQL-formatted date string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
+	 * @param bool                $compare_time Compare date (false) or date and time (true). "true" is default.
+	 * @param ClockInterface|null $clock
+	 *                                  <tt>%1$d %2$s ago</tt>, e.g. 22 hours ago, 1 minute ago
 	 *
 	 * @return string with relative date
 	 */
-	public static function getRelativeDate(string $posted_date = null, string $format = null, bool $compare_time = true): string
+	public static function getRelativeDate(string $posted_date = null, bool $compare_time = true, ClockInterface $clock = null): string
 	{
 		if (empty($posted_date) || $posted_date <= DBA::NULL_DATETIME) {
 			return DI::l10n()->t('never');
 		}
 
+		$clock = $clock ?? new SystemClock();
+
 		$localtime = $posted_date . ' UTC';
 		$abs = strtotime($localtime);
 
@@ -325,8 +329,8 @@ class Temporal
 			return DI::l10n()->t('never');
 		}
 
-		$now = time();
-	
+		$now = $clock->now()->getTimestamp();
+
 		if (!$compare_time) {
 			$now = mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m', $now), date('d', $now), date('Y', $now));
 			$abs = mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m', $abs), date('d', $abs), date('Y', $abs));
@@ -335,7 +339,7 @@ class Temporal
 		$isfuture = false;
 		$etime = $now - $abs;
 
-		if ($etime < 1 && $etime >= 0) {
+		if ($etime >= 0 && $etime < 1) {
 			return $compare_time ? DI::l10n()->t('less than a second ago') : DI::l10n()->t('today');
 		}
 
@@ -359,13 +363,11 @@ class Temporal
 			if ($d >= 1) {
 				$r = round($d);
 				// translators - e.g. 22 hours ago, 1 minute ago
-				if (!$format) {
-					if($isfuture){
-						$format = DI::l10n()->t('in %1$d %2$s');
-					}
-					else {
-						$format = DI::l10n()->t('%1$d %2$s ago');
-					}
+				if($isfuture){
+					$format = DI::l10n()->t('in %1$d %2$s');
+				}
+				else {
+					$format = DI::l10n()->t('%1$d %2$s ago');
 				}
 
 				return sprintf($format, $r, (($r == 1) ? $str[0] : $str[1]));
diff --git a/tests/src/Util/TemporalTest.php b/tests/src/Util/TemporalTest.php
index cfe1af5e23..fe0429af81 100644
--- a/tests/src/Util/TemporalTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Util/TemporalTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 namespace Friendica\Test\src\Util;
 
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Util\Clock\FrozenClock;
+use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -35,26 +37,27 @@ class TemporalTest extends TestCase
 	 */
 	public function testGetRelativeDate()
 	{
-		// "never" would should be returned
+		$clock = new FrozenClock();
+
+		// "never" should be returned
 		self::assertEquals(
-			Temporal::getRelativeDate(''),
+			Temporal::getRelativeDate('', true, $clock),
 			DI::l10n()->t('never')
 		);
 
 		// Format current date/time into "MySQL" format
-		$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
 		self::assertEquals(
-			Temporal::getRelativeDate($now),
+			Temporal::getRelativeDate($clock->now()->format(DateTimeFormat::MYSQL), true, $clock),
 			DI::l10n()->t('less than a second ago')
 		);
 
 		// Format current date/time - 1 minute into "MySQL" format
-		$minuteAgo = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time() - 60);
+		$minuteAgo = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $clock->now()->getTimestamp() - 60);
 		$format    = DI::l10n()->t('%1$d %2$s ago');
 
 		// Should be both equal
 		self::assertEquals(
-			Temporal::getRelativeDate($minuteAgo),
+			Temporal::getRelativeDate($minuteAgo, true, $clock),
 			sprintf($format, 1, DI::l10n()->t('minute'))
 		);
 	}