diff --git a/app/views/answers/_status.html.erb b/app/views/answers/_status.html.erb
index cc86ddd..27c8e48 100644
--- a/app/views/answers/_status.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/answers/_status.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 </p>
 <% if answer.updated_at.present? %>
     <p class="bg-info">
-        <%= _('Answered')%> <abbr class="timeago"><%= answer.updated_at.iso8601 %></abbr><%= _(' by')%> <%= answer.user.name %>
+        <%= _('Answered')%> <time class="timeago" datetime="<%= answer.updated_at.iso8601 %>"></time><%= _(' by')%> <%= answer.user.name %>
     </p>
 <% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/assets/.eslintrc.json b/lib/assets/.eslintrc.json
index b2243c8..f15d382 100644
--- a/lib/assets/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/lib/assets/.eslintrc.json
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
     "env": {
         "jasmine": true,
         "jquery": true
+    },
+    "globals": {
+        "timeago": true
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/status.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/status.js
index 83716a4..29fd110 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/status.js
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/status.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import timeago from 'timeago.js/dist/timeago';
 import {
   isObject,
   isNumber,
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@
             if (isNumber(data.question.id)) {
               if (isString(data.question.answer_status)) {
                 $(`#answer-status-${data.question.id}`).html(data.question.answer_status); // TODO check partial render of this view on the server
-                timeago().render($('abbr.timeago'));
+                timeago().render($('time.timeago'));
               }
               if (isString(data.question.locking)) {
                 $(`#answer-locking-${data.question.id}`).html(data.question.locking);
@@ -118,5 +117,5 @@
       });
     }
   });
-  timeago().render($('abbr.timeago'));
+  timeago().render($('time.timeago'));
 });
diff --git a/lib/assets/webpack.config.js b/lib/assets/webpack.config.js
index 5d8ff3b..9113b1c 100644
--- a/lib/assets/webpack.config.js
+++ b/lib/assets/webpack.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   context: __dirname,
 
   entry: {
-    vendor: ['jquery', 'jquery-accessible-autocomplete-list-aria/jquery-accessible-autocomplete-list-aria'],
+    vendor: ['jquery', 'timeago.js', 'jquery-accessible-autocomplete-list-aria/jquery-accessible-autocomplete-list-aria'],
     application: ['./javascripts/application.js', './stylesheets/application.scss'],
   },
 
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     new webpack.ProvidePlugin({ // Load jquery module automatically instead of import everywhere
       jQuery: 'jquery',
       $: 'jquery',
+      timeago: 'timeago.js',
     }),
     new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
       name: 'vendor',