diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller.js.coffee
index 5bbb9ac4f..f531f504f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller.js.coffee
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class App.Controller extends Spine.Controller
 #        console.log('rewrite frontendTimeUpdate', this, $(this).hasClass('escalation'))
         ui.frontendTimeUpdateItem(item)
       )
-    App.Interval.set( update, 30000, 'frontendTimeUpdate', 'ui' )
+    App.Interval.set( update, 61000, 'frontendTimeUpdate', 'ui' )
 
   frontendTimeUpdateItem: (item) =>
     timestamp = item.data('time')
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_generic.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_generic.js.coffee
index d2b8fba67..0dfa0912b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_generic.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_generic.js.coffee
@@ -401,9 +401,6 @@ class App.GenericHistory extends App.ControllerModal
     # enable user popups
     @userPopups()
 
-    # show frontend times
-    @delay( @frontendTimeUpdate, 800, 'ui-time-update' )
-
   sortorder: =>
     @items = @items.reverse()
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.js.coffee
index dd68029d8..1acd639d6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.js.coffee
@@ -274,9 +274,4 @@ class App.ControllerTable extends App.Controller
           )
       )
 
-    time = =>
-      @frontendTimeUpdate()
-    @delay(time, 80) # to show time immediately for normal tables
-    @delay(time, 280) # to show time immediately for tables in modal dialog
-
     table
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/activity_stream.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/activity_stream.js.coffee
index 7e49d6792..9455f3b63 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/activity_stream.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/activity_stream.js.coffee
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ class App.DashboardActivityStream extends App.Controller
     @$('.activity-entries').remove()
     @el.append html
 
-    # update time
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
-
   renderItem: (item) ->
     html = $(App.view('dashboard/activity_stream')(
       item: item
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/session.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/session.js.coffee
index a52e9198f..b208ee116 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/session.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/session.js.coffee
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ class Index extends App.ControllerContent
       sessions: data.sessions
     )
 
-    # show frontend times
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
-
   destroy: (e) ->
     e.preventDefault()
     sessionId = $( e.target ).closest('a').data('session-id')
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.js.coffee
index b7e62c5de..b48221797 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.js.coffee
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ class Table extends App.Controller
     # start organization popups
     @organizationPopups()
 
-    # show frontend times
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
-
     # start bulk action observ
     @el.find('.bulkAction').append( @bulk_form() )
     if @el.find('.table-overview').find('input[name="bulk"]:checked').length isnt 0
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/article_view.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/article_view.js.coffee
index dc7172f67..845371ab1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/article_view.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/article_view.js.coffee
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ class ArticleViewItem extends App.Controller
       article: @article
     )
 
-    # show frontend times
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
-
     # set see more option
     @setSeeMore()
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/meta.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/meta.js.coffee
index cbc3865ea..613171847 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/meta.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom/meta.js.coffee
@@ -12,8 +12,5 @@ class App.TicketZoomMeta extends App.Controller
       isCustomer: @isRole('Customer')
     )
 
-    # show frontend times
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
-
   release: =>
     App.Ticket.unsubscribe( @subscribeId )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/online_notification.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/online_notification.js.coffee
index 971131515..5613532d0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/online_notification.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/online_notification.js.coffee
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ class App.OnlineNotificationWidget extends App.Controller
       $( App.view('widget/online_notification_content')(items: items) )
     )
 
-    # show frontend times
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
-
   createContainer: =>
     @removeContainer()
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/ticket_stats.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/ticket_stats.js.coffee
index 34f4fac04..c838c47cf 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/ticket_stats.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/widget/ticket_stats.js.coffee
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ class TicketStatsList extends App.Controller
       limit:           @limit
     )
 
-    @frontendTimeUpdate()
     @ticketPopups()
 
   showAll: (e) =>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.js.coffee
index 36fcebebf..c4046e373 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.js.coffee
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ class App extends Spine.Controller
     # use pretty time for datetime
     else if attribute_config.tag is 'datetime'
       isHtmlEscape = true
-      result       = "<span class=\"humanTimeFromNow #{attribute_config.class}\" data-time=\"#{result}\">?</span>"
+      timestamp = App.i18n.translateTimestamp(result)
+      escalation = undefined
+      if attribute_config.class is 'escalation'
+        escalation
+      humanTime = App.PrettyDate.humanTime(result, escalation)
+      result       = "<span class=\"humanTimeFromNow #{attribute_config.class}\" data-time=\"#{result}\" data-tooltip=\"#{timestamp}\">#{humanTime}</span>"
       #result      = App.i18n.translateTimestamp(result)
 
     if !isHtmlEscape && typeof result is 'string'
@@ -216,6 +221,14 @@ class App extends Spine.Controller
       params.humanFileSize = ( size ) ->
         App.Utils.humanFileSize(size)
 
+      # define pretty/human time helper
+      params.humanTime = ( time, escalation ) ->
+        App.PrettyDate.humanTime(time, escalation)
+
+      # define pretty/human time helper
+      params.timestamp = ( time ) ->
+        App.i18n.translateTimestamp(time)
+
       # define template
       JST["app/views/#{name}"](params)
     template
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/interface_handle.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/interface_handle.js.coffee
index 89cacaa2f..ef9c813a1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/interface_handle.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/interface_handle.js.coffee
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class App.Run extends App.Controller
     # create web socket connection
     App.WebSocket.connect()
 
+    # start frontend time update
+    @frontendTimeUpdate()
+
     # start navbars
     @setupWidget( 'Navigations', 'nav', @el )
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/activity_stream.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/activity_stream.jst.eco
index 123b0fbe5..af16e255f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/activity_stream.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/activity_stream.jst.eco
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <span class="activity-text">
         <%= @item.created_by.displayName() %> <%- @T( @item.type ) %> <%- @T( @item.object_name ) %><% if @item.title: %> (<%= @item.title %>)<% end %>
       </span>
-      <span class="activity-time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- @item.created_at %>">?</span>
+      <span class="activity-time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- @item.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(@item.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(@item.created_at) %></span>
     </span>
     <span class="activity-icon">
       <span class="<%- @item.cssIcon %> icon"></span>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/history.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/history.jst.eco
index e1b3b8409..281923ec8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/history.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/history.jst.eco
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 <% for item in @items: %>
   <span class="user-popover" data-id="<%= item.created_by.id %>"><%= item.created_by.displayName() %></span> -
-  <span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- item.created_at %>">?</span>
+  <span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- item.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(item.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(item.created_at) %></span>
   <ul>
     <% for content in item.records: %>
     <li><%- content %></li>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/link/info.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/link/info.jst.eco
index b0ff476c4..dd63ebb43 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/link/info.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/link/info.jst.eco
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="task-text">
         <a class="name ticket-popover" data-id="<%- item.id %>" href="#ticket/zoom/<%= item.id %>"><%= item.title %></a>
-        <div class="time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- item.created_at %>"></div>
+        <div class="time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- item.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(item.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(item.created_at) %></div>
       </div>
       <div class="sidebar-list-item-delete js-delete" data-object="Ticket" data-object-id="<%= item.id %>" data-link-type="<%= type %>" data-type="remove">
         <svg class="icon icon-diagonal-cross"><use xlink:href="#icon-diagonal-cross" /></svg>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/session.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/session.jst.eco
index 52b064d04..3da90d8d0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/session.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/session.jst.eco
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
       <td><% if session.data.user: %><%= session.data.user.displayName() %><% end %></td>
       <td title="<%= session.data.user_agent %>"><%= session.data.user_agent %></td>
       <td title="<%= session.data.remote_id %>"><% if session.data.geo && session.data.geo.country_name: %><%= session.data.geo.country_name %> <%= session.data.geo.city_name %><% else: %><%= session.data.remote_id %><% end %></td>
-      <td><span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- session.created_at %>">?</span></td>
-      <td><span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- session.updated_at %>">?</span></td>
+      <td><span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- session.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(session.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(session.created_at) %></span></td>
+      <td><span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- session.updated_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(session.updated_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(session.updated_at) %></span></td>
       <td><a href="#" data-session-id="<%- session.id %>" data-type="delete" title="<%- @Ti('Delete') %>"><svg class="icon-trash" data-type="destroy"><use xlink:href="#icon-trash"></use></svg></a></td>
     </tr>
     <% end %>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/article_view.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/article_view.jst.eco
index ff7b2a567..5deef2a8b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/article_view.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/article_view.jst.eco
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@
 
 <div class="js-article-actions"></div>
 
-<small class="task-subline zIndex-1"><time class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- @article.created_at %>">?</time></small>
+<small class="task-subline zIndex-1"><time class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- @article.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(@article.created_at) %>x"><%- @humanTime(@article.created_at) %>x</time></small>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/meta.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/meta.jst.eco
index 47ac28ba9..877622292 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/meta.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/ticket_zoom/meta.jst.eco
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <small class="task-subline">
-  <%- @C('ticket_hook') %> <span class="ticket-number"><%- @ticket.number %></span> - <%- @T('created') %> <span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- @ticket.created_at %>">?</span> <% if !@isCustomer && @ticket.escalation_time: %> - <%- @T('escalation') %> <span class="humanTimeFromNow escalation" data-time="<%- @ticket.escalation_time %>">?</span><% end %>
+  <%- @C('ticket_hook') %> <span class="ticket-number"><%- @ticket.number %></span> - <%- @T('created') %> <span class="humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- @ticket.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(@ticket.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(@ticket.created_at) %></span> <% if !@isCustomer && @ticket.escalation_time: %> - <%- @T('escalation') %> <span class="humanTimeFromNow escalation" data-time="<%- @ticket.escalation_time %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(@ticket.escalation_time) %>"><%- @humanTime(@ticket.escalation_time, true) %></span><% end %>
 </small>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/online_notification_content.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/online_notification_content.jst.eco
index 10a60c461..5dec0028a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/online_notification_content.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/online_notification_content.jst.eco
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <span class="activity-text">
           <%= item.created_by.displayName() %> <%- @T( item.type ) %> <%- @T( item.object_name ) %><% if item.title: %> (<%= item.title %>)<% end %>
         </span>
-        <span class="activity-time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- item.created_at %>">?</span>
+        <span class="activity-time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- item.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(item.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(item.created_at) %></span>
       </span>
     </a>
   </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/ticket_stats_list.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/ticket_stats_list.jst.eco
index 9fbdd6f85..129e2bde7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/ticket_stats_list.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/widget/ticket_stats_list.jst.eco
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="task-text">
       <a class="name ticket-popover" data-id="<%- ticket_id %>" href="<%- ticket.uiUrl() %>"><%= ticket.title %></a>
-      <div class="time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- ticket.created_at %>"></div>
+      <div class="time humanTimeFromNow" data-time="<%- ticket.created_at %>" data-tooltip="<%- @timestamp(ticket.created_at) %>"><%- @humanTime(ticket.created_at) %></div>
     </div>
   </li>
   <% end %>