diff --git a/router/aarp.go b/router/aarp.go
index 2fdeb11..8158034 100644
--- a/router/aarp.go
+++ b/router/aarp.go
@@ -378,10 +378,7 @@ func (e AMTEntry) Valid() bool {
 // LastUpdatedAgo is a friendly string reporting how long ago the entry was
 // updated/resolved.
 func (e AMTEntry) LastUpdatedAgo() string {
-	if e.LastUpdated.IsZero() {
-		return "never"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(e.LastUpdated).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	return ago(e.LastUpdated)
 }
 
 // addressMappingTable implements a concurrent-safe Address Mapping Table for
diff --git a/router/misc.go b/router/misc.go
index e84f00e..7011e48 100644
--- a/router/misc.go
+++ b/router/misc.go
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 package router
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
 // StringSet is a set of strings.
 // Yep, yet another string set implementation. Took me 2 minutes to write *shrug*
 type StringSet map[string]struct{}
@@ -50,3 +55,11 @@ func SetFromSlice(ss []string) StringSet {
 	set.Insert(ss...)
 	return set
 }
+
+// ago is a helper for formatting times.
+func ago(t time.Time) string {
+	if t.IsZero() {
+		return "never"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(t).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+}
diff --git a/router/peer_aurp.go b/router/peer_aurp.go
index 8913151..f2ad413 100644
--- a/router/peer_aurp.go
+++ b/router/peer_aurp.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package router
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -151,37 +150,25 @@ func (p *AURPPeer) SenderState() SenderState {
 func (p *AURPPeer) LastReconnectAgo() string {
 	p.mu.RLock()
 	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-	if p.lastReconnect.IsZero() {
-		return "never"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(p.lastReconnect).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	return ago(p.lastReconnect)
 }
 
 func (p *AURPPeer) LastHeardFromAgo() string {
 	p.mu.RLock()
 	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-	if p.lastHeardFrom.IsZero() {
-		return "never"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(p.lastHeardFrom).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	return ago(p.lastHeardFrom)
 }
 
 func (p *AURPPeer) LastSendAgo() string {
 	p.mu.RLock()
 	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-	if p.lastSend.IsZero() {
-		return "never"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(p.lastSend).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	return ago(p.lastSend)
 }
 
 func (p *AURPPeer) LastUpdateAgo() string {
 	p.mu.RLock()
 	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-	if p.lastUpdate.IsZero() {
-		return "never"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(p.lastUpdate).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	return ago(p.lastUpdate)
 }
 
 func (p *AURPPeer) SendRetries() int {
diff --git a/router/route.go b/router/route.go
index bf16dfe..ae5de0c 100644
--- a/router/route.go
+++ b/router/route.go
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ type Route struct {
 }
 
 func (r Route) LastSeenAgo() string {
-	if r.LastSeen.IsZero() {
-		return "never"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v ago", time.Since(r.LastSeen).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	return ago(r.LastSeen)
 }
 
 // Valid reports whether the route is valid.