diff --git a/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java b/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java
index 52fd7405b25..3fb842d2de4 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java
+++ b/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 
 import org.apache.zeppelin.conf.ZeppelinConfiguration;
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ public class NotebookServer extends WebSocketServlet implements
         NotebookSocketListener, JobListenerFactory, AngularObjectRegistryListener,
         RemoteInterpreterProcessListener {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NotebookServer.class);
-  Gson gson = new Gson();
+  Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+          .setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").create();
   final Map<String, List<NotebookSocket>> noteSocketMap = new HashMap<>();
   final Queue<NotebookSocket> connectedSockets = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/integration/ZeppelinIT.java b/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/integration/ZeppelinIT.java
index 2af724f3f0a..e2f2d1fd9fe 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/integration/ZeppelinIT.java
+++ b/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/integration/ZeppelinIT.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public void testSparkInterpreterDependencyLoading() throws Exception {
           MAX_BROWSER_TIMEOUT_SEC);
       String artifact = "org.apache.commons:commons-csv:1.1";
       depArtifact.sendKeys(artifact);
-      driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'box')][contains(.,'spark')]//form//button[1]")).click();
+      driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'box')][contains(.,'%spark')]//form//button[1]")).click();
       driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='modal-dialog'][contains(.,'Do you want to update this interpreter and restart with new settings?')]" +
           "//div[@class='modal-footer']//button[contains(.,'OK')]")).click();
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public void testSparkInterpreterDependencyLoading() throws Exception {
       WebElement testDepRemoveBtn = pollingWait(By.xpath("//tr[descendant::text()[contains(.,'" +
           artifact + "')]]/td[3]/div"), MAX_IMPLICIT_WAIT);
       testDepRemoveBtn.click();
-      driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'box')][contains(.,'spark')]//form//button[1]")).click();
+      driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'box')][contains(.,'%spark')]//form//button[1]")).click();
       driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='modal-dialog'][contains(.,'Do you want to update this interpreter and restart with new settings?')]" +
           "//div[@class='modal-footer']//button[contains(.,'OK')]")).click();
     } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/.jshintrc b/zeppelin-web/.jshintrc
index bdcd213761e..5cfaeddcaf2 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/.jshintrc
+++ b/zeppelin-web/.jshintrc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "ace": false,
     "d3": false,
     "BootstrapDialog": false,
-    "Handsontable": false
+    "Handsontable": false,
+    "moment": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
index 15ceb61a6e4..110d8fa472b 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
@@ -971,18 +971,22 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp')
       return '';
     }
     var user = 'anonymous';
-    var authInfo = pdata.authenticationInfo;
-    if (authInfo && authInfo.user) {
+    if (pdata.authenticationInfo !== null && !isEmpty(pdata.authenticationInfo.user)) {
       user = pdata.authenticationInfo.user;
     }
-    var dateUpdated = (pdata.dateUpdated === null) ? 'unknown' : pdata.dateUpdated;
-    var desc = 'Took ' + (timeMs/1000) + ' seconds. Last updated by ' + user + ' at time ' + dateUpdated + '.';
+    var desc = 'Took ' +
+      moment.duration(moment(pdata.dateFinished).diff(moment(pdata.dateStarted))).humanize() +
+      '. Last updated by ' + user + ' at ' + moment(pdata.dateUpdated).format('MMMM DD YYYY, h:mm:ss A') + '.';
     if ($scope.isResultOutdated()){
       desc += ' (outdated)';
     }
     return desc;
   };
 
+  $scope.getElapsedTime = function() {
+    return 'Started ' + moment($scope.paragraph.dateStarted).fromNow() + '.';
+  };
+
   $scope.isResultOutdated = function() {
     var pdata = $scope.paragraph;
     if (pdata.dateUpdated !==undefined && Date.parse(pdata.dateUpdated) > Date.parse(pdata.dateStarted)){
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.css b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.css
index 213dac7e1ed..59cc28f7014 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.css
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.css
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ table.dataTable.table-condensed .sorting_desc:after {
   border: 3px solid #DDDDDD;
 }
 
-.paragraph .paragraphFooter {
-  height: 9px;
+.paragraph .executionTime {
+  color: #999;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
 }
 
-.paragraph .executionTime {
+.paragraph .elapsedTime {
   color: #999;
   font-size: 10px;
   font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.html b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.html
index 043b6e81739..0157c02727b 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.html
@@ -68,5 +68,11 @@
          id="{{paragraph.id}}_executionTime"
          class="executionTime" ng-bind-html="getExecutionTime()">
     </div>
+    <div ng-if = "paragraph.status === 'RUNNING'" class = "paragraphFooterElapsed">
+      <div
+           id="{{paragraph.id}}_elapsedTime"
+           class="elapsedTime" ng-bind-html="getElapsedTime()">
+      </div>
+    </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/assets/styles/looknfeel/simple.css b/zeppelin-web/src/assets/styles/looknfeel/simple.css
index 8373114a366..0078306185e 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/assets/styles/looknfeel/simple.css
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/assets/styles/looknfeel/simple.css
@@ -55,9 +55,14 @@ body {
 
 .paragraph .paragraphFooter {
   visibility: hidden;
-  height: 0;
   position: relative;
-  top : -13px;
+  top : -9px;
+  z-index: 99;
+}
+
+.paragraph .paragraphFooterElapsed {
+  height: 0px;
+  float: right;
   z-index: 99;
 }
 
@@ -67,6 +72,12 @@ body {
   margin-right: 5px;
 }
 
+.paragraph .elapsedTime {
+  font-size: 8px;
+  text-align: right;
+  margin-right: 5px;
+}
+
 .paragraph:hover .paragraphFooter {
   visibility: visible;
 }