diff --git a/osu.Game/Extensions/TimeDisplayExtensions.cs b/osu.Game/Extensions/TimeDisplayExtensions.cs
index dc05482a05..ee6f458398 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Extensions/TimeDisplayExtensions.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Extensions/TimeDisplayExtensions.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using Humanizer;
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Resources.Localisation.Web;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Extensions
 {
@@ -47,5 +49,54 @@ namespace osu.Game.Extensions
 
             return new LocalisableFormattableString(timeSpan, @"mm\:ss");
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Formats a provided date to a short relative string version for compact display.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="time">The time to be displayed.</param>
+        /// <param name="lowerCutoff">A timespan denoting the time length beneath which "now" should be displayed.</param>
+        /// <returns>A short relative string representing the input time.</returns>
+        public static string ToShortRelativeTime(this DateTimeOffset time, TimeSpan lowerCutoff)
+        {
+            var now = DateTime.Now;
+            var difference = now - time;
+
+            // web uses momentjs's custom locales to format the date for the purposes of the scoreboard.
+            // this is intended to be a best-effort, more legible approximation of that.
+            // compare:
+            // * https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/a8f5a68fb435cb19a4faa4c7c4bce08c4f096933/resources/assets/lib/scoreboard-time.tsx
+            // * https://momentjs.com/docs/#/customization/ (reference for the customisation format)
+
+            // TODO: support localisation (probably via `CommonStrings.CountHours()` etc.)
+            // requires pluralisable string support framework-side
+
+            if (difference < lowerCutoff)
+                return CommonStrings.TimeNow.ToString();
+
+            if (difference.TotalMinutes < 1)
+                return "sec".ToQuantity((int)difference.TotalSeconds);
+            if (difference.TotalHours < 1)
+                return "min".ToQuantity((int)difference.TotalMinutes);
+            if (difference.TotalDays < 1)
+                return "hr".ToQuantity((int)difference.TotalHours);
+
+            // this is where this gets more complicated because of how the calendar works.
+            // since there's no `TotalMonths` / `TotalYears`, we have to iteratively add months/years
+            // and test against cutoff dates to determine how many months/years to show.
+
+            if (time > now.AddMonths(-1))
+                return difference.TotalDays < 2 ? "1dy" : $"{(int)difference.TotalDays}dys";
+
+            for (int months = 1; months <= 11; ++months)
+            {
+                if (time > now.AddMonths(-(months + 1)))
+                    return months == 1 ? "1mo" : $"{months}mos";
+            }
+
+            int years = 1;
+            while (time <= now.AddYears(-(years + 1)))
+                years += 1;
+            return years == 1 ? "1yr" : $"{years}yrs";
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Leaderboards/LeaderboardScore.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Leaderboards/LeaderboardScore.cs
index a9f03e5c9f..ddd9d9a2b2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Leaderboards/LeaderboardScore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Leaderboards/LeaderboardScore.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Leaderboards
                 Font = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 17, weight: FontWeight.Bold, italics: true);
             }
 
-            protected override string Format() => ScoreboardTimeUtils.FormatRelativeTime(Date, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+            protected override string Format() => Date.ToShortRelativeTime(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
         }
 
         public class LeaderboardScoreStatistic
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs
index 1927e66edb..5018fb8c70 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
-using osu.Game.Utils;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet.Scores
 {
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet.Scores
         }
 
         protected override string Format()
-            => ScoreboardTimeUtils.FormatRelativeTime(Date, TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
+            => Date.ToShortRelativeTime(TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Utils/ScoreboardTimeUtils.cs b/osu.Game/Utils/ScoreboardTimeUtils.cs
index 4e079ff39f..ec222de018 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Utils/ScoreboardTimeUtils.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Utils/ScoreboardTimeUtils.cs
@@ -10,58 +10,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Utils
 {
     public static class ScoreboardTimeUtils
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Formats a provided date to a short relative string version for compact display.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="time">The time to be displayed.</param>
-        /// <param name="lowerCutoff">A timespan denoting the time length beneath which "now" should be displayed.</param>
-        /// <returns>A short relative string representing the input time.</returns>
-        public static string FormatRelativeTime(DateTimeOffset time, TimeSpan lowerCutoff)
-        {
-            // web uses momentjs's custom locales to format the date for the purposes of the scoreboard.
-            // this is intended to be a best-effort, more legible approximation of that.
-            // compare:
-            // * https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/a8f5a68fb435cb19a4faa4c7c4bce08c4f096933/resources/assets/lib/scoreboard-time.tsx
-            // * https://momentjs.com/docs/#/customization/ (reference for the customisation format)
-
-            // TODO: support localisation (probably via `CommonStrings.CountHours()` etc.)
-            // requires pluralisable string support framework-side
-
-            var now = DateTime.Now;
-            var span = now - time;
-
-            if (span < lowerCutoff)
-                return CommonStrings.TimeNow.ToString();
-
-            if (span.TotalMinutes < 1)
-                return formatQuantity("sec", (int)span.TotalSeconds);
-            if (span.TotalHours < 1)
-                return formatQuantity("min", (int)span.TotalMinutes);
-            if (span.TotalDays < 1)
-                return formatQuantity("hr", (int)span.TotalHours);
-
-            // this is where this gets more complicated because of how the calendar works.
-            // since there's no `TotalMonths` / `TotalYears`, we have to iteratively add months/years
-            // and test against cutoff dates to determine how many months/years to show.
-
-            if (time > now.AddMonths(-1))
-                return formatQuantity("dy", (int)span.TotalDays);
-
-            for (int months = 1; months <= 11; ++months)
-            {
-                if (time > now.AddMonths(-(months + 1)))
-                    return formatQuantity("mo", months);
-            }
-
-            int years = 1;
-            // Add upper bound to prevent a crash
-            while (years < 20 && time <= now.AddYears(-(years + 1)))
-                years += 1;
-            if (years < 20)
-                return formatQuantity("yr", years);
-
-            return "never";
-        }
 
         private static string formatQuantity(string template, int quantity)
         {