diff --git a/site/views/helpers/format.php b/site/views/helpers/format.php
index daa16cb..e8735fd 100644
--- a/site/views/helpers/format.php
+++ b/site/views/helpers/format.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class FormatHelper extends AppHelper {
     $date_html = '<span class="fmt-date '.$class.'">'.$date_html.'</span>';
 
     if ($age) {
-      $date_html .= ' (' . self::age($date, $class, $time ? 0 : 60*60*24) . ')';
+      $date_html .= ' (' . self::age($date, $class, true, $time ? 0 : 60*60*24) . ')';
       $date_html = '<span class="fmt-dateage '.$class.'">'.$date_html.'</span>';
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class FormatHelper extends AppHelper {
     return $comment;
   }
 
-  function age($datetime, $class, $min_span = 0) {
+  function age($datetime, $class, $suffix = false, $min_span = 0) {
     if (!isset($datetime))
       return null;
 
@@ -207,9 +207,12 @@ class FormatHelper extends AppHelper {
 
       $age .= ' ' . self::_n($approx, $unit);
 
-      if ($backwards)
-	$age .= ' ago';
-
+      if ($suffix) {
+	if ($backwards)
+	  $age .= ' from now';
+	else
+	  $age .= ' ago';
+      }
     }
     
     $age = '<span class="fmt-age '.$class.'">'.__($age, true).'</span>';