diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/cards.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/cards.css
index 83d137151..254c75be2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/cards.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/cards.css
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
     inline-size: calc(100dvw - var(--actions-inline-inset) * 2 - var(--btn-size) * 2);
   }
 
+  .local-time-value {
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+
   @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
     --border-color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
     --border-size: 1px;
diff --git a/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js b/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js
index 497fbd37b..bdfbe677a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/controllers/local_time_controller.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"
+import { differenceInDays } from "helpers/date_helpers"
 
 export default class extends Controller {
-  static targets = [ "time", "date", "datetime", "shortdate", "ago", "indays" ]
+  static targets = [ "time", "date", "datetime", "shortdate", "ago", "indays", "daysago" ]
 
   #timer
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     this.shortDateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { month: "short", day: "numeric" })
     this.dateTimeFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { timeStyle: "short", dateStyle: "short" })
     this.agoFormatter = new AgoFormatter()
-    this.daysAgoFormatter = new DaysAgoFormatter()
+    this.daysagoFormatter = new DaysAgoFormatter()
     this.indaysFormatter = new InDaysFormatter()
   }
 
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     this.#formatTime(this.agoFormatter, target)
   }
 
-  daysAgoTargetConnected(target) {
-    this.#formatTime(this.daysAgoFormatter, target)
-  }
-
   indaysTargetConnected(target) {
     this.#formatTime(this.indaysFormatter, target)
   }
 
+  daysagoTargetConnected(target) {
+    this.#formatTime(this.daysagoFormatter, target)
+  }
+
   #refreshRelativeTimes() {
     this.agoTargets.forEach(target => {
       this.#formatTime(this.agoFormatter, target)
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
   #formatTime(formatter, target) {
     const dt = new Date(target.getAttribute("datetime"))
-    target.textContent = formatter.format(dt)
+    target.innerHTML = formatter.format(dt)
     target.title = this.dateTimeFormatter.format(dt)
   }
 }
@@ -93,38 +94,25 @@ class AgoFormatter {
 }
 
 class DaysAgoFormatter {
-  format(dt) {
-    const now = new Date()
+  format(date) {
+    const days = differenceInDays(date, new Date())
 
-    const startOfToday = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate())
-    const startOfGivenDay = new Date(dt.getFullYear(), dt.getMonth(), dt.getDate())
-
-    const msPerDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
-    const dayDiff = Math.floor((startOfToday - startOfGivenDay) / msPerDay)
-
-    if (dayDiff === 0) return "Today"
-    if (dayDiff === 1) return "Yesterday"
-    return `${dayDiff} days ago`
+    if (days <= 0) return styleableValue("today")
+    if (days === 1) return styleableValue("yesterday")
+    return `${styleableValue(days)} days ago`
   }
 }
 
 class InDaysFormatter {
-  format(dt) {
-    const target = this.#beginningOfDay(dt)
-    const today = this.#beginningOfDay(new Date())
-    const days = Math.round((target - today) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24))
+  format(date) {
+    const days = differenceInDays(new Date(), date)
 
-    if (days <= 0) {
-      return "today"
-    }
-    if (days === 1) {
-      return "tomorrow"
-    }
-
-    return `in ${Math.round(days)} days`
-  }
-
-  #beginningOfDay(dt) {
-    return new Date(dt.getFullYear(), dt.getMonth(), dt.getDate())
+    if (days <= 0) return styleableValue("today")
+    if (days === 1) return styleableValue("tomorrow")
+    return `in ${styleableValue(days)} days`
   }
 }
+
+function styleableValue(value) {
+  return `<span class="local-time-value">${value}</span>`
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/helpers/date_helpers.js b/app/javascript/helpers/date_helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3dffc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/helpers/date_helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function differenceInDays(fromDate, toDate) {
+  return Math.round(Math.abs((beginningOfDay(toDate) - beginningOfDay(fromDate)) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)))
+}
+
+export function beginningOfDay(date) {
+  return new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate())
+}
diff --git a/app/views/bubbles/cards/_mini.html.erb b/app/views/bubbles/cards/_mini.html.erb
index f90fd167d..298658446 100644
--- a/app/views/bubbles/cards/_mini.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bubbles/cards/_mini.html.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </h3>
 
     <div class="txt-small overflow-ellipsis txt-uppercase"><%= "Added to #{bubble.bucket.name} by #{bubble.creator.name}" %>
-      <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.created_at, style: :daysAgo) %>
+      <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.created_at, style: :daysago) %>
     </div>
 
     <div class="card__stuff flex align-center gap">
diff --git a/app/views/bubbles/cards/common/_meta.html.erb b/app/views/bubbles/cards/common/_meta.html.erb
index 59f51c8a5..3efe7970d 100644
--- a/app/views/bubbles/cards/common/_meta.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bubbles/cards/common/_meta.html.erb
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <div class="card__meta flex txt-tight-lines txt-uppercase">
   <div class="flex flex-column gap txt-align-end">
     <span class="pad-inline overflow-ellipsis"><%= bubble.creating? ? "Added" : "Updated" %>
-      <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.updated_at, style: :daysAgo) %>
+      <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.updated_at, style: :daysago) %>
     </span>
 
     <hr class="full-width separator--horizontal unpad margin-none">
 
     <% if bubble.creating? %>
       <span class="pad-inline overflow-ellipsis">Expires
-        <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.auto_pop_at, style: :daysAgo) %>
+        <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.auto_pop_at, style: :indays) %>
       </span>
     <% else %>
       <span class="pad-inline overflow-ellipsis">Added
-        <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.created_at, style: :daysAgo) %>
+        <%= local_datetime_tag(bubble.created_at, style: :daysago) %>
       </span>
     <% end %>
   </div>