diff --git a/palette b/palette
index a0fd6a8..de59f87 100755
Binary files a/palette and b/palette differ
diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
index df8cecf..01498d3 100644
--- a/web.go
+++ b/web.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func (a *apiServer) renderPaste(w http.ResponseWriter, row *PasteRow, justCreate
 		"LineCount":     lines,
 		"SizeBytes":     len(row.Content),
 		"CreatedAgo":    agoString(row.CreatedAt),
+		"CreatedAtUnix": row.CreatedAt,
 		"ViewCount":     row.ViewCount,
 		"Visibility":    row.Visibility,
 		"ExpiresAt":     row.ExpiresAt.Valid,
@@ -179,13 +180,13 @@ func (a *apiServer) handlePasteView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				a.renderPaste(w, row, false, "")
 				return
 			}
-			renderPage(w, "unlock.html", map[string]any{"Page": "unlock", "ID": row.ID, "Wrong": true, "CreatedAgo": agoString(row.CreatedAt)})
+			renderPage(w, "unlock.html", map[string]any{"Page": "unlock", "ID": row.ID, "Wrong": true, "CreatedAgo": agoString(row.CreatedAt), "CreatedAtUnix": row.CreatedAt})
 			return
 		}
 		// check cookie
 		c, err := r.Cookie("pw_" + row.ID)
 		if err != nil || c.Value != "1" {
-			renderPage(w, "unlock.html", map[string]any{"Page": "unlock", "ID": row.ID, "Wrong": false, "CreatedAgo": agoString(row.CreatedAt)})
+			renderPage(w, "unlock.html", map[string]any{"Page": "unlock", "ID": row.ID, "Wrong": false, "CreatedAgo": agoString(row.CreatedAt), "CreatedAtUnix": row.CreatedAt})
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/web/templates/foot.html b/web/templates/foot.html
index b1f3d7b..850e1fc 100644
--- a/web/templates/foot.html
+++ b/web/templates/foot.html
@@ -1 +1,21 @@
-{{define "foot"}}{{end}}
+{{define "foot"}}<script>
+// live relative-time counters (#46): tick any [data-ts] (epoch seconds) every second
+(function () {
+  function fmt(ts) {
+    const s = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - ts);
+    if (s < 60) return s + 's ago';
+    if (s < 3600) return Math.floor(s / 60) + 'm ago';
+    if (s < 86400) return Math.floor(s / 3600) + 'h ago';
+    return Math.floor(s / 86400) + 'd ago';
+  }
+  function tick() {
+    document.querySelectorAll('[data-ts]').forEach(el => {
+      const ts = parseInt(el.dataset.ts, 10);
+      if (!isNaN(ts)) el.textContent = fmt(ts);
+    });
+  }
+  setInterval(tick, 1000);
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', tick);
+  tick();
+})();
+</script>{{end}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/templates/history.html b/web/templates/history.html
index b06af41..b65148a 100644
--- a/web/templates/history.html
+++ b/web/templates/history.html
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ async function load() {
       `<tr class="row" data-href="/${esc(it.id)}"><td><a class="slug" href="/${esc(it.id)}">${esc(it.id)}</a>` +
       (it.title ? `<div class="paste-sub">${esc(it.title)}</div>` : `<div class="paste-sub dim">none</div>`) + `</td>` +
       `<td><span class="badge">${esc(it.language || 'text')}</span></td>` +
-      `<td class="dim">${fmtSize(it.size)}</td><td class="dim">${it.view_count}</td><td class="dim">${ago(it.created_at)}</td>` +
+      `<td class="dim">${fmtSize(it.size)}</td><td class="dim">${it.view_count}</td><td class="dim" data-ts="${it.created_at}">${ago(it.created_at)}</td>` +
       (it.custom_slug ? `<td><a class="slug url-link" href="/${esc(it.custom_slug)}">/${esc(it.custom_slug)}</a></td>` : `<td class="dim">none</td>`) +
       `<td class="dim"><a class="id-link" href="/${esc(it.id)}">${esc(it.id)}</a></td></tr>`
     ).join('');
diff --git a/web/templates/paste.html b/web/templates/paste.html
index 705c890..507e9cf 100644
--- a/web/templates/paste.html
+++ b/web/templates/paste.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
           <span class="stats-k">Language</span><span class="stats-v">{{if .Language}}{{.Language}}{{else}}text{{end}}</span>
           <span class="stats-k">Size</span><span class="stats-v">{{.SizeHuman}} ({{.LineCount}} lines)</span>
           <span class="stats-k">Views</span><span class="stats-v">{{.ViewCount}}</span>
-          <span class="stats-k">Created</span><span class="stats-v">{{.CreatedAgo}}</span>
+          <span class="stats-k">Created</span><span class="stats-v" data-ts="{{.CreatedAtUnix}}">{{.CreatedAgo}}</span>
           {{if .ExpiresAt}}<span class="stats-k">Expires</span><span class="stats-v">in {{.ExpiresIn}}</span>{{end}}
           <span class="stats-k">Password</span><span class="stats-v">{{if .HasPassword}}protected{{else}}none{{end}}</span>
           {{if .BurnAfterRead}}<span class="stats-k">Burn</span><span class="stats-v">burn after read</span>{{end}}
diff --git a/web/templates/unlock.html b/web/templates/unlock.html
index eba22de..24182ce 100644
--- a/web/templates/unlock.html
+++ b/web/templates/unlock.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <button class="btn" type="submit">Unlock</button>
       </form>
     </div>
-    <div class="foot">Created {{.CreatedAgo}}</div>
+    <div class="foot">Created <span data-ts="{{.CreatedAtUnix}}">{{.CreatedAgo}}</span></div>
   </div>
 </div>
 <script>