diff --git a/internal/template/functions.go b/internal/template/functions.go
index f617029c..ef3ffd37 100644
--- a/internal/template/functions.go
+++ b/internal/template/functions.go
@@ -163,17 +163,23 @@ func isEmail(str string) bool {
 
 // Returns the duration in human readable format (hours and minutes).
 func duration(t time.Time) string {
+	return durationImpl(t, time.Now())
+}
+
+// Accepts now argument for easy testing
+func durationImpl(t time.Time, now time.Time) string {
 	if t.IsZero() {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	diff := time.Until(t)
+	diff := t.Sub(now)
 
 	if diff < 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	return diff.String()
+	// Round to nearest second to get e.g. "14m56s" rather than "14m56.245483933s"
+	return diff.Round(time.Second).String()
 }
 
 func elapsedTime(printer *locale.Printer, tz string, t time.Time) string {
diff --git a/internal/template/functions_test.go b/internal/template/functions_test.go
index 193ec128..35dbf6de 100644
--- a/internal/template/functions_test.go
+++ b/internal/template/functions_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,32 @@ func TestIsEmail(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now()
+	var dt = []struct {
+		in  time.Time
+		out string
+	}{
+		{time.Time{}, ""},
+		{now.Add(time.Hour), "1h0m0s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Minute), "1m0s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Minute * 40), "40m0s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Millisecond * 40), "0s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Millisecond * 80), "0s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Millisecond * 400), "0s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Millisecond * 800), "1s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Millisecond * 4321), "4s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Millisecond * 8765), "9s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Microsecond * 12345678), "12s"},
+		{now.Add(time.Microsecond * 87654321), "1m28s"},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range dt {
+		if out := durationImpl(tt.in, now); out != tt.out {
+			t.Errorf(`%d. content mismatch for "%v": expected=%q got=%q`, i, tt.in, tt.out, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestElapsedTime(t *testing.T) {
 	printer := locale.NewPrinter("en_US")
 	var dt = []struct {