diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjobs.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjobs.tsx
index 08b84c0671..7c06cfbfdc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjobs.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjobs.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class CronJobs extends React.Component<Props> {
           [columnId.suspend]: (cronJob: CronJob) => cronJob.getSuspendFlag(),
           [columnId.active]: (cronJob: CronJob) => cronJobStore.getActiveJobsNum(cronJob),
           [columnId.lastSchedule]: (cronJob: CronJob) => cronJob.getLastScheduleTime(),
-          [columnId.age]: (cronJob: CronJob) => cronJob.metadata.creationTimestamp,
+          [columnId.age]: (cronJob: CronJob) => cronJob.getTimeDiffFromNow(),
         }}
         searchFilters={[
           (cronJob: CronJob) => cronJob.getSearchFields(),
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/formatDuration.test.ts b/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/formatDuration.test.ts
index 7c19ba93f9..30dc81a6fc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/formatDuration.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/formatDuration.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe("human format durations", () => {
     });
 
     test("durations less than 8 years returns years and days", () => {
-      const timeValue = new Date().getTime() - new Date(moment().subtract(2, "years").subtract(5, "days").subtract(2, "hours").toDate()).getTime();
+      const timeValue = Date.now() - new Date(moment().subtract(2, "years").subtract(5, "days").subtract(2, "hours").toDate()).getTime();
 
       const res = formatDuration(timeValue);
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe("human format durations", () => {
     });
 
     test("durations more than 8 years returns years", () => {
-      const timeValue = new Date().getTime() - new Date(moment().subtract(9, "years").subtract(5, "days").toDate()).getTime();
+      const timeValue = Date.now() - new Date(moment().subtract(9, "years").subtract(5, "days").toDate()).getTime();
 
       const res = formatDuration(timeValue);