diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/topic-timeline.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/topic-timeline.js.es6
index 722cc675f7a..71ce0c9f0af 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/topic-timeline.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/topic-timeline.js.es6
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createWidget } from 'discourse/widgets/widget';
 import { h } from 'virtual-dom';
-import { smartShortDate } from 'discourse/lib/formatter';
+import { smartShortDate, relativeAge } from 'discourse/lib/formatter';
 import { iconNode } from 'discourse/helpers/fa-icon';
 
 const SCROLLAREA_HEIGHT = 300;
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ export default createWidget('topic-timeline', {
       }));
     }
 
-
     const result = [ h('div.timeline-controls', controls) ];
     const stream = attrs.topic.get('postStream.stream');
     if (stream.length > 2) {
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ export default createWidget('topic-timeline', {
         this.attach('link', {
           className: 'now-date',
           icon: 'dot-circle-o',
-          label: 'topic.timeline.now',
+          rawLabel: relativeAge(new Date(topic.last_posted_at)),
           action: 'jumpBottom'
         })
       ]);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-timeline.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-timeline.scss
index a90dc9127e3..b16516c8ef0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-timeline.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-timeline.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     }
 
     .start-date {
+      @include unselectable;
       color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 50%));
     }
 
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
     }
 
     .now-date {
+      @include unselectable;
       display: inline-block;
       color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 50%));
       margin-top: 0.5em;
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 57df8db02b3..ffd4f498da8 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -1290,7 +1290,6 @@ en:
       auto_close_immediate: "The last post in the topic is already %{hours} hours old, so the topic will be closed immediately."
 
       timeline:
-        now: "Now"
         replies: "%{current} / %{total} replies"
 
       progress: