diff --git a/django-openstack/src/django_openstack/dash/views/instances.py b/django-openstack/src/django_openstack/dash/views/instances.py
index d55d10576..bd5bd5769 100644
--- a/django-openstack/src/django_openstack/dash/views/instances.py
+++ b/django-openstack/src/django_openstack/dash/views/instances.py
@@ -116,13 +116,17 @@ def usage(request, tenant_id=None):
     if not tenant_id:
         tenant_id = request.user.tenant
 
-
     try:
         usage = api.extras_api(request).usage.get(tenant_id,
                                                   datetime_start, datetime_end)
     except api_exceptions.ApiException, e:
         messages.error(request, 'Unable to get usage info: %s' % e.message)
 
+    for instance in usage.instances:
+        instance['started_at'] = datetime.datetime.strptime(
+                instance['started_at'],
+                "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+
     return render_to_response('dash_usage.html', {
         'usage': usage,
     }, context_instance=template.RequestContext(request))
diff --git a/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/templates/dash_usage.html b/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/templates/dash_usage.html
index 6bca8526e..cecfb70fd 100644
--- a/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/templates/dash_usage.html
+++ b/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/templates/dash_usage.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
               <td>{{instance.ram_size}}</td>
               <td>{{instance.disk_size}}</td>
               <td>{{instance.flavor}}</td>
-              <td>{{instance.uptime|floatformat}}</td>
+              <td>{{instance.started_at|timeuntil}}</td>
               <td>{{instance.state}}</td>
           </tr>
           {% endfor %}