diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index b4222412..42539e70 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <PackageIcon>icon.jpg</PackageIcon>
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
         <Version>9.0.2</Version>
+        <DotNetVersion>[10.0.0,11.0.0)</DotNetVersion>
         <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/components/crontickerComponents/CronOccurrenceDialog.vue b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/components/crontickerComponents/CronOccurrenceDialog.vue
index 0a181fd6..53a023ac 100644
--- a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/components/crontickerComponents/CronOccurrenceDialog.vue
+++ b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/components/crontickerComponents/CronOccurrenceDialog.vue
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import { methodName, type TickerNotificationHubType } from '@/hub/tickerNotifica
 import type { GetCronTickerOccurrenceResponse } from '@/http/services/types/cronTickerOccurrenceService.types'
 import { ConfirmDialogProps } from '@/components/common/ConfirmDialog.vue'
 import PaginationFooter from '@/components/PaginationFooter.vue'
-import { formatTime } from '@/utilities/dateTimeParser'
-import { format } from 'timeago.js'
+import { formatTime, formatTimeAgo } from '@/utilities/dateTimeParser'
 
 const confirmDialog = useDialog<{ data: string }>().withComponent(
   () => import('@/components/common/ConfirmDialog.vue'),
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ const addHubListeners = async () => {
           ...currentItem,
           ...val,
           status: Status[val.status as any],
-          executedAt: `${format(val.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(val.elapsedTime as number, true)})`,
+          executedAt: `${formatTimeAgo(val.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(val.elapsedTime as number, true)})`,
           retryIntervals: currentItem.retryIntervals,
           lockedAt: currentItem.lockedAt, // Preserve existing lockedAt
           lockHolder: currentItem.lockHolder,
diff --git a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/cronTickerOccurrenceService.ts b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/cronTickerOccurrenceService.ts
index cab9e972..471364d2 100644
--- a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/cronTickerOccurrenceService.ts
+++ b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/cronTickerOccurrenceService.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 
-import { formatDate, formatTime } from '@/utilities/dateTimeParser';
+import { formatDate, formatTime, formatTimeAgo } from '@/utilities/dateTimeParser';
 import { useBaseHttpService } from '../base/baseHttpService';
 import { Status } from './types/base/baseHttpResponse.types';
 import { GetCronTickerOccurrenceGraphDataRequest, GetCronTickerOccurrenceGraphDataResponse, GetCronTickerOccurrenceRequest, GetCronTickerOccurrenceResponse } from './types/cronTickerOccurrenceService.types';
-import { format} from 'timeago.js';
 import { nameof } from '@/utilities/nameof';
 import { useTimeZoneStore } from '@/stores/timeZoneStore';
 
@@ -23,14 +22,12 @@ const getByCronTickerId = () => {
             }
             
             // Safely set status with null check
-            if (response.status !== undefined && response.status !== null) {
+            if (response.status != null) {
                 response.status = Status[response.status as any];
             }
 
-            if (response.executedAt != null || response.executedAt != undefined) {
-                // Ensure the datetime is treated as UTC by adding 'Z' if missing
-                const utcExecutedAt = response.executedAt.endsWith('Z') ? response.executedAt : response.executedAt + 'Z';
-                response.executedAt = `${format(utcExecutedAt)} (took ${formatTime(response.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
+            if (response.executedAt != null) {
+                response.executedAt = `${formatTimeAgo(response.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(response.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
             }
 
             const utcExecutionTime = response.executionTime.endsWith('Z') ? response.executionTime : response.executionTime + 'Z';
@@ -75,17 +72,15 @@ const getByCronTickerIdPaginated = () => {
                     if (!item) return item;
                     
                     // Safely set status with null check and ensure it's always a string
-                    if (item.status !== undefined && item.status !== null) {
+                    if (item.status != null) {
                         const statusValue = Status[item.status as any];
                         item.status = statusValue !== undefined ? statusValue : String(item.status);
                     } else {
                         item.status = 'Unknown';
                     }
                     
-                    if (item.executedAt != null || item.executedAt != undefined) {
-                        // Ensure the datetime is treated as UTC by adding 'Z' if missing
-                        const utcExecutedAt = item.executedAt.endsWith('Z') ? item.executedAt : item.executedAt + 'Z';
-                        item.executedAt = `${format(utcExecutedAt)} (took ${formatTime(item.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
+                    if (item.executedAt != null) {
+                        item.executedAt = `${formatTimeAgo(item.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(item.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
                     }
                     
                     const utcExecutionTime = item.executionTime.endsWith('Z') ? item.executionTime : item.executionTime + 'Z';
diff --git a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/timeTickerService.ts b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/timeTickerService.ts
index 644a90d3..5a2ab9e6 100644
--- a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/timeTickerService.ts
+++ b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/http/services/timeTickerService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { formatDate, formatTime } from '@/utilities/dateTimeParser';
+import { formatDate, formatTime, formatTimeAgo } from '@/utilities/dateTimeParser';
 import { useBaseHttpService } from '../base/baseHttpService';
 import { Status } from './types/base/baseHttpResponse.types';
 import {
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   UpdateTimeTickerRequest
 } from './types/timeTickerService.types'
 import { nameof } from '@/utilities/nameof';
-import { format} from 'timeago.js';
 import { useFunctionNameStore } from '@/stores/functionNames';
 import { useTimeZoneStore } from '@/stores/timeZoneStore';
 
@@ -36,12 +35,12 @@ const getTimeTickers = () => {
             // Recursive function to process item and its children
             const processItem = (item: GetTimeTickerResponse): GetTimeTickerResponse => {
                 // Safely set status with null check
-                if (item.status !== undefined && item.status !== null) {
+                if (item.status != null) {
                     item.status = Status[item.status as any];
                 }
 
-                if (item.executedAt != null || item.executedAt != undefined)
-                    item.executedAt = `${format(item.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(item.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
+                if (item.executedAt != null)
+                    item.executedAt = `${formatTimeAgo(item.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(item.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
 
                 item.executionTimeFormatted = formatDate(item.executionTime, true, timeZoneStore.effectiveTimeZone);
                 item.requestType = functionNamesStore.getNamespaceOrNull(item.function) ?? '';
@@ -108,12 +107,12 @@ const getTimeTickersPaginated = () => {
             if (response && response.items && Array.isArray(response.items)) {
                 response.items = response.items.map((item: GetTimeTickerResponse) => {
                     const processItem = (item: GetTimeTickerResponse): GetTimeTickerResponse => {
-                        if (item.status !== undefined && item.status !== null) {
+                        if (item.status != null) {
                             item.status = Status[item.status as any];
                         }
                         
-                        if (item.executedAt != null || item.executedAt != undefined)
-                            item.executedAt = `${format(item.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(item.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
+                        if (item.executedAt != null)
+                            item.executedAt = `${formatTimeAgo(item.executedAt)} (took ${formatTime(item.elapsedTime as number, true)})`;
                         
                         item.executionTimeFormatted = formatDate(item.executionTime, true, timeZoneStore.effectiveTimeZone);
                         item.requestType = functionNamesStore.getNamespaceOrNull(item.function) ?? '';
diff --git a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/utilities/dateTimeParser.ts b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/utilities/dateTimeParser.ts
index 6102b001..917bde4f 100644
--- a/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/utilities/dateTimeParser.ts
+++ b/src/TickerQ.Dashboard/wwwroot/src/utilities/dateTimeParser.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { format as timeago } from 'timeago.js';
 
 export function formatDate(
     utcDateString: string,
@@ -126,3 +127,14 @@ export function formatFromUtcToLocal(utcDateString: string): string {
 
     return `${year}-${month}-${day}T${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds}`
 }
+
+export function formatTimeAgo(date: string | Date): string {
+    // Front-end often passes dates as strings straight up from JSON payloads.
+    // All dates on back-end are UTC but dates loaded by EF have DateTimeKind.Unspecified by default,
+    // which is serialized to JSON without any offset suffix. 
+    // We have to specify them as UTC so that they're not parsed as local time by JS.
+    if (typeof date === 'string' && !date.endsWith('Z')) {
+        date = date + 'Z'
+    }
+    return timeago(date)
+}
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