diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/UtcDate.vue b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/UtcDate.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80539145ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/UtcDate.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<template>
+    <span class="utc-time" v-if="mode == 'date'" :title="elapsedTime">
+        {{ fullDate }}
+    </span>
+    <span class="utc-time utc-time-elapsed" v-else :title="fullDate">
+        {{ elapsedTime }}
+    </span>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import moment from "moment";
+
+export default {
+    props: {
+        date: {
+            type: String,
+            required: true
+        },
+        mode: {
+            type: String,
+            default: "date" // or elapsed
+        }
+    },
+    computed: {
+        elapsedTime: function() {
+            return moment(moment.utc(this.date)).from(moment().utc());
+        },
+        fullDate: function() {
+            return moment.utc(this.date).format();
+        }
+    }
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/Jobs.vue b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/Jobs.vue
index 62fbf68aac5..85f02a14a6b 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/Jobs.vue
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/Jobs.vue
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
                         {{ data.value["id"] }}
                     </b-link>
                 </template>
+                <template v-slot:cell(update_time)="data">
+                    <utc-date :date="data.value" mode="elapsed" />
+                </template>
                 <template v-slot:row-details="row">
                     <b-card>
                         <h5>Command Line</h5>
@@ -181,9 +184,11 @@
 
 <script>
 import { getAppRoot } from "onload/loadConfig";
+import UtcDate from "components/UtcDate";
 import axios from "axios";
 
 export default {
+    components: { UtcDate },
     data() {
         return {
             jobsItems: [],
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index f3e384b3c16..9161e57aca2 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "latex-parser": "^0.6.2",
     "latex-to-unicode-converter": "^0.5.2",
     "markdown-it": "^8.4.2",
+    "moment": "2.20.1",
     "popper.js": "^1.14.7",
     "pyre-to-regexp": "^0.0.5",
     "raven-js": "^3.27.0",
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
index acf0e86403b..b4b50564b65 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
@@ -1579,14 +1579,6 @@ class AdminGalaxy(controller.JSAppLauncher, AdminActions, UsesQuotaMixin, QuotaP
         def prepare_jobs_list(jobs):
             res = []
             for job in jobs:
-                delta = datetime.utcnow() - job.update_time
-                update_time = ""
-                if delta.days > 0:
-                    update_time = '%s hours ago' % (delta.days * 24 + int(delta.seconds / 60 / 60))
-                elif delta > timedelta(minutes=59):
-                    update_time = '%s hours ago' % int(delta.seconds / 60 / 60)
-                else:
-                    update_time = '%s minutes ago' % int(delta.seconds / 60)
                 inputs = ""
                 try:
                     inputs = ", ".join(['{} {}'.format(da.dataset.id, da.dataset.state) for da in job.input_datasets])
@@ -1598,7 +1590,7 @@ class AdminGalaxy(controller.JSAppLauncher, AdminActions, UsesQuotaMixin, QuotaP
                         'info_url': "{}?jobid={}".format(web.url_for(controller="admin", action="job_info"), job.id)
                     },
                     'user': job.history.user.email if job.history and job.history.user else 'anonymous',
-                    'update_time': update_time,
+                    'update_time': job.update_time.isoformat(),
                     'tool_id': job.tool_id,
                     'state': job.state,
                     'input_dataset': inputs,