diff --git a/app/features/art/components/ArtGrid.tsx b/app/features/art/components/ArtGrid.tsx
index aaf9eebe5..9ebec8d34 100644
--- a/app/features/art/components/ArtGrid.tsx
+++ b/app/features/art/components/ArtGrid.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Link } from "@remix-run/react";
 import clsx from "clsx";
-import { formatDistanceToNow } from "date-fns";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Avatar } from "~/components/Avatar";
@@ -171,6 +170,7 @@ function ImagePreview({
 }) {
 	const [imageLoaded, setImageLoaded] = React.useState(false);
 	const { t } = useTranslation(["common", "art"]);
+	const { formatDistanceToNow } = useTimeFormat();
 
 	const img = (
 		// biome-ignore lint/a11y/noStaticElementInteractions: Biome v2 migration
diff --git a/app/features/calendar/components/TournamentCard.tsx b/app/features/calendar/components/TournamentCard.tsx
index 046219ee9..66ad66cba 100644
--- a/app/features/calendar/components/TournamentCard.tsx
+++ b/app/features/calendar/components/TournamentCard.tsx
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ import styles from "./TournamentCard.module.css";
 export function TournamentCard({
 	tournament,
 	className,
+	withRelativeTime = false,
 }: {
 	tournament: CalendarEvent | ShowcaseCalendarEvent;
 	className?: string;
+	withRelativeTime?: boolean;
 }) {
 	const isMounted = useIsMounted();
-	const { formatDateTime } = useTimeFormat();
+	const { formatDateTime, formatDistanceToNow } = useTimeFormat();
 
 	const isShowcase = tournament.type === "showcase";
 	const isCalendar = tournament.type === "calendar";
@@ -35,6 +37,13 @@ export function TournamentCard({
 		if (!isMounted) return "Placeholder";
 
 		const date = databaseTimestampToDate(tournament.startTime);
+
+		if (withRelativeTime) {
+			return formatDistanceToNow(date, {
+				addSuffix: true,
+			});
+		}
+
 		return formatDateTime(date, {
 			month: "short",
 			day: "numeric",
diff --git a/app/features/front-page/routes/index.tsx b/app/features/front-page/routes/index.tsx
index 7050fb50b..dfc2ba75d 100644
--- a/app/features/front-page/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/app/features/front-page/routes/index.tsx
@@ -283,7 +283,11 @@ function ResultHighlights() {
 			</h2>
 			<div className={styles.tournamentCardsSpacer}>
 				{data.tournaments.results.map((tournament) => (
-					<TournamentCard key={tournament.id} tournament={tournament} />
+					<TournamentCard
+						key={tournament.id}
+						tournament={tournament}
+						withRelativeTime
+					/>
 				))}
 			</div>
 		</>
diff --git a/app/features/lfg/components/LFGPost.tsx b/app/features/lfg/components/LFGPost.tsx
index ab4bce79e..2c86e5671 100644
--- a/app/features/lfg/components/LFGPost.tsx
+++ b/app/features/lfg/components/LFGPost.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Link, useFetcher } from "@remix-run/react";
 import clsx from "clsx";
-import { formatDistanceToNow } from "date-fns";
 import React from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Avatar } from "~/components/Avatar";
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ function PostTime({
 	updatedAt: number;
 }) {
 	const { t } = useTranslation(["lfg"]);
-	const { formatDate } = useTimeFormat();
+	const { formatDate, formatDistanceToNow } = useTimeFormat();
 
 	const createdAtDate = databaseTimestampToDate(createdAt);
 	const updatedAtDate = databaseTimestampToDate(updatedAt);
diff --git a/app/hooks/useTimeFormat.ts b/app/hooks/useTimeFormat.ts
index 9b2db5143..bb44647e0 100644
--- a/app/hooks/useTimeFormat.ts
+++ b/app/hooks/useTimeFormat.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useUser } from "~/features/auth/core/user";
+import { formatDistanceToNow as formatDistanceToNowUtil } from "~/utils/dates";
 
 const H12_TIME_OPTIONS: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = {
 	hour12: true,
@@ -94,7 +95,17 @@ export function useTimeFormat() {
 		return date.toLocaleDateString(i18n.language, options);
 	};
 
-	return { formatDateTime, formatTime, formatDate };
+	const formatDistanceToNow = (
+		date: Parameters<typeof formatDistanceToNowUtil>[0],
+		options?: Omit<Parameters<typeof formatDistanceToNowUtil>[1], "language">,
+	) => {
+		return formatDistanceToNowUtil(date, {
+			...options,
+			language: i18n.language,
+		});
+	};
+
+	return { formatDateTime, formatTime, formatDate, formatDistanceToNow };
 }
 
 // Example: "09:00" -> "9:00"
diff --git a/app/utils/dates.ts b/app/utils/dates.ts
index b7e7d6d3f..98eb31731 100644
--- a/app/utils/dates.ts
+++ b/app/utils/dates.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,64 @@
 import { CalendarDateTime, parseDate } from "@internationalized/date";
-import { getWeek } from "date-fns";
+import type { Locale } from "date-fns";
+import {
+	formatDistanceToNow as dateFnsFormatDistanceToNow,
+	getWeek,
+} from "date-fns";
+import { da } from "date-fns/locale/da";
+import { de } from "date-fns/locale/de";
+import { enUS } from "date-fns/locale/en-US";
+import { es } from "date-fns/locale/es";
+import { fr } from "date-fns/locale/fr";
+import { frCA } from "date-fns/locale/fr-CA";
+import { he } from "date-fns/locale/he";
+import { it } from "date-fns/locale/it";
+import { ja } from "date-fns/locale/ja";
+import { ko } from "date-fns/locale/ko";
+import { nl } from "date-fns/locale/nl";
+import { pl } from "date-fns/locale/pl";
+import { ptBR } from "date-fns/locale/pt-BR";
+import { ru } from "date-fns/locale/ru";
+import { zhCN } from "date-fns/locale/zh-CN";
 import type { MonthYear } from "~/features/plus-voting/core";
+import type { LanguageCode } from "~/modules/i18n/config";
 import type { DayMonthYear } from "./zod";
 
+const LOCALE_MAP: Record<LanguageCode, Locale> = {
+	da,
+	de,
+	en: enUS,
+	"es-ES": es,
+	"es-US": es,
+	"fr-CA": frCA,
+	"fr-EU": fr,
+	he,
+	it,
+	ja,
+	ko,
+	nl,
+	pl,
+	"pt-BR": ptBR,
+	ru,
+	zh: zhCN,
+};
+
+export function getDateFnsLocale(language: string) {
+	return LOCALE_MAP[language as keyof typeof LOCALE_MAP] ?? enUS;
+}
+
+export function formatDistanceToNow(
+	date: Parameters<typeof dateFnsFormatDistanceToNow>[0],
+	options: Omit<
+		NonNullable<Parameters<typeof dateFnsFormatDistanceToNow>[1]>,
+		"locale"
+	> & { language: string },
+) {
+	return dateFnsFormatDistanceToNow(date, {
+		...options,
+		locale: getDateFnsLocale(options.language),
+	});
+}
+
 export function databaseTimestampToDate(timestamp: number) {
 	return new Date(databaseTimestampToJavascriptTimestamp(timestamp));
 }