diff --git a/public/js/app.js b/public/js/app.js
index 59556ff..e99db2d 100644
--- a/public/js/app.js
+++ b/public/js/app.js
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ function searchTable(rows) {
     ${rows.map((r, i) => `<tr>
       <td>${f.esc(r.name)}</td><td class="num">${f.bytes(r.size)}</td>
       <td class="num" style="color:var(--up)">${r.seeds}</td><td class="num dim">${r.leeches}</td>
-      <td class="dim">${f.esc(r.engine)}</td><td class="num dim">${f.ago(r.pubDate)}</td>
+      <td class="dim">${f.esc(r.engine)}</td><td class="num dim">${r.pubDate ? f.esc(r.pubDate) : '–'}</td>
       <td><button class="btn" data-sr="${i}">＋ Add</button></td></tr>`).join('')}
   </tbody></table>`;
 }
diff --git a/public/js/format.js b/public/js/format.js
index db2575c..8a8e061 100644
--- a/public/js/format.js
+++ b/public/js/format.js
@@ -44,15 +44,16 @@ export function ratio(r) {
   return r.toFixed(2);
 }
 
-export function date(ms) {
-  if (!ms || ms < 0) return '–';
-  const d = new Date(ms);
+// Timestamps from the backend are Unix epoch SECONDS; 0/negative means "unset".
+export function date(sec) {
+  if (!sec || sec < 0) return '–';
+  const d = new Date(sec * 1000);
   return d.toLocaleString(undefined, { year: '2-digit', month: 'short', day: '2-digit', hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' });
 }
 
-export function ago(ms) {
-  if (!ms || ms < 0) return '–';
-  const s = (Date.now() - ms) / 1000;
+export function ago(sec) {
+  if (!sec || sec < 0) return '–';
+  const s = Date.now() / 1000 - sec;
   if (s < 60) return 'just now';
   if (s < 3600) return `${Math.floor(s / 60)}m ago`;
   if (s < 86400) return `${Math.floor(s / 3600)}h ago`;