diff --git a/src/app/party.coffee b/src/app/party.coffee
index 8159a40493..f3d1367d3d 100644
--- a/src/app/party.coffee
+++ b/src/app/party.coffee
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ module.exports.app = (appExports, model, app) ->
   browser = require './browser'
   helpers = require './helpers'
 
+  model.setNull '_currentTime', +new Date()
+
+  # Every 60 seconds, reset the current time so that the chat
+  # can update relative times
+  setInterval ->
+    model.set '_currentTime', +new Date()
+  , 60000
+
   user = model.at('_user')
 
   model.on 'set', '_user.party.invitation', (after, before) ->
diff --git a/src/server/middleware.coffee b/src/server/middleware.coffee
index 8e9cb29cb8..d9a5fed22f 100644
--- a/src/server/middleware.coffee
+++ b/src/server/middleware.coffee
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ module.exports.allowCrossDomain = (req, res, next) ->
   if req.method is 'OPTIONS'
     res.send(200);
   else
-    next()
\ No newline at end of file
+    next()
diff --git a/views/app/party.html b/views/app/party.html
index 27a53c604d..91d58a2dc2 100644
--- a/views/app/party.html
+++ b/views/app/party.html
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@
         <span
             class="label {{#if @message.npc}}label-success{{else if @message.contributor}}label-inverse{{else if equal(@message.uuid,_user.id)}}label-info{{/}} chat-message"
             rel='tooltip' title="{{@message.contributor}}{{@message.npc}}">
-            {{@message.user}}</span> {{@message.text}} - <span class='muted'>{{relativeDate(@message.timestamp)}}
+            {{@message.user}}</span> {{@message.text}} - <span class='muted time'>{relativeDate(@message.timestamp, _currentTime)}
         </span>
-    </li>
\ No newline at end of file
+    </li>