diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a3f219bac4a..fbeb45dee16 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8232. Missing datanode counters when using Metrics2 sink interface.
     (Anu Engineer via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-8214. Secondary NN Web UI shows wrong date for Last Checkpoint. (clamb via wang)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java
index ec7e0c94703..b499e74dc22 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public class SecondaryNameNode implements Runnable,
 
   private final long starttime = Time.now();
   private volatile long lastCheckpointTime = 0;
+  private volatile long lastCheckpointWallclockTime = 0;
 
   private URL fsName;
   private CheckpointStorage checkpointImage;
@@ -134,8 +135,9 @@ public String toString() {
       + "\nName Node Address      : " + nameNodeAddr
       + "\nStart Time             : " + new Date(starttime)
       + "\nLast Checkpoint        : " + (lastCheckpointTime == 0? "--":
-				       ((Time.monotonicNow() - lastCheckpointTime) / 1000))
-	                            + " seconds ago"
+        new Date(lastCheckpointWallclockTime))
+      + " (" + ((Time.monotonicNow() - lastCheckpointTime) / 1000)
+      + " seconds ago)"
       + "\nCheckpoint Period      : " + checkpointConf.getPeriod() + " seconds"
       + "\nCheckpoint Transactions: " + checkpointConf.getTxnCount()
       + "\nCheckpoint Dirs        : " + checkpointDirs
@@ -388,12 +390,14 @@ public void doWork() {
         if(UserGroupInformation.isSecurityEnabled())
           UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser().checkTGTAndReloginFromKeytab();
         
-        final long now = Time.monotonicNow();
+        final long monotonicNow = Time.monotonicNow();
+        final long now = Time.now();
 
         if (shouldCheckpointBasedOnCount() ||
-            now >= lastCheckpointTime + 1000 * checkpointConf.getPeriod()) {
+            monotonicNow >= lastCheckpointTime + 1000 * checkpointConf.getPeriod()) {
           doCheckpoint();
-          lastCheckpointTime = now;
+          lastCheckpointTime = monotonicNow;
+          lastCheckpointWallclockTime = now;
         }
       } catch (IOException e) {
         LOG.error("Exception in doCheckpoint", e);
@@ -695,22 +699,31 @@ public void startCheckpointThread() {
     checkpointThread.start();
   }
 
-  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXXBean
+  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean
   public String getHostAndPort() {
     return NetUtils.getHostPortString(nameNodeAddr);
   }
 
-  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXXBean
+  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean
   public long getStartTime() {
     return starttime;
   }
 
-  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXXBean
+  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean
   public long getLastCheckpointTime() {
-    return lastCheckpointTime;
+    return lastCheckpointWallclockTime;
   }
 
-  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXXBean
+  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean
+  public long getLastCheckpointDeltaMs() {
+    if (lastCheckpointTime == 0) {
+      return -1;
+    } else {
+      return (Time.monotonicNow() - lastCheckpointTime);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean
   public String[] getCheckpointDirectories() {
     ArrayList<String> r = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(checkpointDirs.size());
     for (URI d : checkpointDirs) {
@@ -719,7 +732,7 @@ public String[] getCheckpointDirectories() {
     return r.toArray(new String[r.size()]);
   }
 
-  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXXBean
+  @Override // SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean
   public String[] getCheckpointEditlogDirectories() {
     ArrayList<String> r = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(checkpointEditsDirs.size());
     for (URI d : checkpointEditsDirs) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean.java
index 01f6fac99c7..785c5ee3103 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean.java
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ public interface SecondaryNameNodeInfoMXBean extends VersionInfoMXBean {
    */
   public long getLastCheckpointTime();
 
+  /**
+   * @return the number of msec since the last checkpoint, or -1 if no
+   * checkpoint has been done yet.
+   */
+  public long getLastCheckpointDeltaMs();
+
   /**
    * @return the directories that store the checkpoint images
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html
index 7893a179bdc..2ef58ad9e4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   <tr><th>Compiled</th><td>{CompileInfo}</td></tr>
   <tr><th>NameNode Address</th><td>{HostAndPort}</td></tr>
   <tr><th>Started</th><td>{StartTime|date_tostring}</td></tr>
-  <tr><th>Last Checkpoint</th><td>{@if cond="{LastCheckpointTime} === 0"}Never{:else}{LastCheckpointTime|date_tostring}{/if}</td></tr>
+  <tr><th>Last Checkpoint</th><td>{@if cond="{LastCheckpointTime} === 0"}Never{:else}{LastCheckpointTime|date_tostring} ({LastCheckpointDeltaMs|fmt_time} ago){/if}</td></tr>
   <tr><th>Checkpoint Period</th><td>{CheckpointPeriod} seconds</td></tr>
   <tr><th>Checkpoint Transactions</th><td>{TxnCount}</td></tr>
 </table>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/static/dfs-dust.js b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/static/dfs-dust.js
index 3c8efd97a04..f483d23d0e1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/static/dfs-dust.js
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/static/dfs-dust.js
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     },
 
     'fmt_time': function (v) {
+      if (v < 0) {
+        return "unknown";
+      }
       var s = Math.floor(v / 1000), h = Math.floor(s / 3600);
       s -= h * 3600;
       var m = Math.floor(s / 60);