diff --git a/date.go b/date.go
index d1d6155d..1cbdea52 100644
--- a/date.go
+++ b/date.go
@@ -73,6 +73,50 @@ func dateAgo(date interface{}) string {
 	return duration.String()
 }
 
+func durationRound(duration interface{}) string {
+	var d time.Duration
+	switch duration := duration.(type) {
+	default:
+		d = 0
+	case string:
+		d, _ = time.ParseDuration(duration)
+	case int64:
+		d = time.Duration(duration)
+	case time.Time:
+		d = time.Since(duration)
+	}
+
+	u := uint64(d)
+	neg := d < 0
+	if neg {
+		u = -u
+	}
+
+	var (
+		year   = uint64(time.Hour) * 24 * 365
+		month  = uint64(time.Hour) * 24 * 30
+		day    = uint64(time.Hour) * 24
+		hour   = uint64(time.Hour)
+		minute = uint64(time.Minute)
+		second = uint64(time.Second)
+	)
+	switch {
+	case u > year:
+		return strconv.FormatUint(u/year, 10) + "y"
+	case u > month:
+		return strconv.FormatUint(u/month, 10) + "mo"
+	case u > day:
+		return strconv.FormatUint(u/day, 10) + "d"
+	case u > hour:
+		return strconv.FormatUint(u/hour, 10) + "h"
+	case u > minute:
+		return strconv.FormatUint(u/minute, 10) + "m"
+	case u > second:
+		return strconv.FormatUint(u/second, 10) + "s"
+	}
+	return "0s"
+}
+
 func toDate(fmt, str string) time.Time {
 	t, _ := time.ParseInLocation(fmt, str, time.Local)
 	return t
diff --git a/date_test.go b/date_test.go
index a81ecf96..78bf1c29 100644
--- a/date_test.go
+++ b/date_test.go
@@ -91,3 +91,16 @@ func TestDateInZone(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDurationRound(t *testing.T) {
+	tpl := "{{ durationRound .Time }}"
+	if err := runtv(tpl, "2h", map[string]interface{}{"Time": "2h5s"}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if err := runtv(tpl, "1d", map[string]interface{}{"Time": "24h5s"}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if err := runtv(tpl, "3mo", map[string]interface{}{"Time": "2400h5s"}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/functions.go b/functions.go
index 45e9d5ae..0ae724eb 100644
--- a/functions.go
+++ b/functions.go
@@ -91,15 +91,16 @@ var genericMap = map[string]interface{}{
 	"hello": func() string { return "Hello!" },
 
 	// Date functions
+	"ago":            dateAgo,
 	"date":           date,
+	"dateInZone":     dateInZone,
+	"dateModify":     dateModify,
 	"date_in_zone":   dateInZone,
 	"date_modify":    dateModify,
-	"now":            func() time.Time { return time.Now() },
+	"durationRound":  durationRound,
 	"htmlDate":       htmlDate,
 	"htmlDateInZone": htmlDateInZone,
-	"dateInZone":     dateInZone,
-	"dateModify":     dateModify,
-	"ago":            dateAgo,
+	"now":            func() time.Time { return time.Now() },
 	"toDate":         toDate,
 	"unixEpoch":      unixEpoch,
 
@@ -295,5 +296,5 @@ var genericMap = map[string]interface{}{
 
 	// URLs:
 	"urlParse": urlParse,
-	"urlJoin": urlJoin,
+	"urlJoin":  urlJoin,
 }