diff --git a/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/app-view/tabs/activity-feed/events/utils.ts b/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/app-view/tabs/activity-feed/events/utils.ts
index b6c501040c..220d9a9d7a 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/app-view/tabs/activity-feed/events/utils.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/app-view/tabs/activity-feed/events/utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import api from "shared/api";
 import { PorterAppBuildEvent, PorterAppPreDeployEvent } from "./types";
 import { PorterAppRecord } from "../../../AppView";
 import { match } from "ts-pattern";
-import { differenceInSeconds, formatDuration } from 'date-fns';
+import { differenceInSeconds, intervalToDuration } from 'date-fns';
 
 export const getDuration = (event: PorterAppPreDeployEvent | PorterAppBuildEvent): string => {
     const startTimeStamp = match(event)
@@ -17,8 +17,18 @@ export const getDuration = (event: PorterAppPreDeployEvent | PorterAppBuildEvent
     const endTimeStamp = event.metadata.end_time ? new Date(event.metadata.end_time).getTime() : Date.now()
 
     const timeDifferenceInSeconds = differenceInSeconds(endTimeStamp, startTimeStamp);
-
-    return formatDuration({ seconds: timeDifferenceInSeconds });
+    const duration = intervalToDuration({ start: 0, end: timeDifferenceInSeconds * 1000 });
+    if (duration.weeks) {
+        return `${duration.weeks}w ${duration.days}d ${duration.hours}h`
+    } else if (duration.days) {
+        return `${duration.days}d ${duration.hours}h ${duration.minutes}m`
+    } else if (duration.hours) {
+        return `${duration.hours}h ${duration.minutes}m ${duration.seconds}s`
+    } else if (duration.minutes) {
+        return `${duration.minutes}m ${duration.seconds}s`
+    } else {
+        return `${duration.seconds}s`
+    }
 };
 
 export const getStatusIcon = (status: string) => {
diff --git a/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/validate-apply/jobs/utils.ts b/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/validate-apply/jobs/utils.ts
index 56df8bf24e..8b620075e7 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/validate-apply/jobs/utils.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/main/home/app-dashboard/validate-apply/jobs/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { JobRun } from "lib/hooks/useJobs";
 import { timeFrom } from "shared/string_utils";
-import { differenceInSeconds, formatDuration } from 'date-fns';
+import { differenceInSeconds, intervalToDuration } from 'date-fns';
 
 export const ranFor = (start: string, end?: string | number) => {
     const duration = timeFrom(start, end);
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ export const getDuration = (jobRun: JobRun): string => {
     const endTimeStamp = jobRun.status.completionTime ? new Date(jobRun.status.completionTime).getTime() : Date.now()
 
     const timeDifferenceInSeconds = differenceInSeconds(endTimeStamp, startTimeStamp);
-
-    return formatDuration({ seconds: timeDifferenceInSeconds });
+    const duration = intervalToDuration({ start: 0, end: timeDifferenceInSeconds * 1000 });
+    if (duration.weeks) {
+        return `${duration.weeks}w ${duration.days}d ${duration.hours}h`
+    } else if (duration.days) {
+        return `${duration.days}d ${duration.hours}h ${duration.minutes}m`
+    } else if (duration.hours) {
+        return `${duration.hours}h ${duration.minutes}m ${duration.seconds}s`
+    } else if (duration.minutes) {
+        return `${duration.minutes}m ${duration.seconds}s`
+    } else {
+        return `${duration.seconds}s`
+    }
 };
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