diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/package-lock.json b/spiffworkflow-frontend/package-lock.json
index f2b3d4fa0..ca6d5de51 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -11354,9 +11354,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/date-fns": {
-      "version": "2.29.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.29.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dDCnyH2WnnKusqvZZ6+jA1O51Ibt8ZMRNkDZdyAyK4YfbDwa/cEmuztzG5pk6hqlp9aSBPYcjOlktquahGwGeA==",
+      "version": "2.30.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.30.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fnULvOpxnC5/Vg3NCiWelDsLiUc9bRwAPs/+LfTLNvetFCtCTN+yQz15C/fs4AwX1R9K5GLtLfn8QW+dWisaAw==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@babel/runtime": "^7.21.0"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.11"
       },
@@ -40545,9 +40548,12 @@
       }
     },
     "date-fns": {
-      "version": "2.29.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.29.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dDCnyH2WnnKusqvZZ6+jA1O51Ibt8ZMRNkDZdyAyK4YfbDwa/cEmuztzG5pk6hqlp9aSBPYcjOlktquahGwGeA=="
+      "version": "2.30.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.30.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fnULvOpxnC5/Vg3NCiWelDsLiUc9bRwAPs/+LfTLNvetFCtCTN+yQz15C/fs4AwX1R9K5GLtLfn8QW+dWisaAw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@babel/runtime": "^7.21.0"
+      }
     },
     "dayjs": {
       "version": "1.11.7",
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
index 4cddd5530..5b33c1185 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { intervalToDuration } from 'date-fns';
 import React, {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ import {
   titleizeString,
   truncateString,
   isANumber,
+  formatDurationForDisplay,
 } from '../helpers';
 import { useUriListForPermissions } from '../hooks/UriListForPermissions';
 
@@ -1667,10 +1667,16 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
   const formatProcessInstanceId = (_row: ProcessInstance, id: number) => {
     return <span data-qa="paginated-entity-id">{id}</span>;
   };
-  const formatProcessModelIdentifier = (_row: any, identifier: any) => {
+  const formatProcessModelIdentifier = (
+    _row: ProcessInstance,
+    identifier: any
+  ) => {
     return <span>{identifier}</span>;
   };
-  const formatProcessModelDisplayName = (_row: any, identifier: any) => {
+  const formatProcessModelDisplayName = (
+    _row: ProcessInstance,
+    identifier: any
+  ) => {
     return <span>{identifier}</span>;
   };
   const formatLastMilestone = (
@@ -1684,14 +1690,14 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
     return <span title={valueToUse}>{truncatedValue}</span>;
   };
 
-  const formatSecondsForDisplay = (_row: any, seconds: any) => {
+  const formatSecondsForDisplay = (_row: ProcessInstance, seconds: any) => {
     return convertSecondsToFormattedDateTime(seconds) || '-';
   };
-  const defaultFormatter = (_row: any, value: any) => {
+  const defaultFormatter = (_row: ProcessInstance, value: any) => {
     return value;
   };
 
-  const formatDateTime = (_row: any, value: any) => {
+  const formatDateTime = (_row: ProcessInstance, value: any) => {
     if (value === undefined) {
       return undefined;
     }
@@ -1709,21 +1715,6 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
     return null;
   };
 
-  const formatDuration = (_row: any, value: any) => {
-    if (value === undefined) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-    const duration = intervalToDuration({ start: 0, end: value * 1000 });
-    let durationString = `${duration.minutes}m ${duration.seconds}s`;
-    if (duration.hours !== undefined && duration.hours > 0) {
-      durationString = `${duration.hours}h ${durationString}`;
-    }
-    if (duration.days !== undefined && duration.days > 0) {
-      durationString = `${duration.days}d ${durationString}`;
-    }
-    return durationString;
-  };
-
   const formattedColumn = (row: ProcessInstance, column: ReportColumn) => {
     const reportColumnFormatters: Record<string, any> = {
       id: formatProcessInstanceId,
@@ -1738,7 +1729,7 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
     };
     const displayTypeFormatters: Record<string, any> = {
       date_time: formatDateTime,
-      duration: formatDuration,
+      duration: formatDurationForDisplay,
     };
     const columnAccessor = column.accessor as keyof ProcessInstance;
     const formatter = column.display_type
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.test.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.test.tsx
index d359012d8..042c8dcc5 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.test.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.test.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   slugifyString,
   underscorizeString,
   recursivelyChangeNullAndUndefined,
+  formatDurationForDisplay,
 } from './helpers';
 
 test('it can slugify a string', () => {
@@ -101,3 +102,13 @@ test('it can replace null values in object with undefined', () => {
   expect(result.contacts.awesome).toEqual(false);
   expect(result.contacts.info).toEqual('');
 });
+
+test('it can properly format a duration', () => {
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, '0')).toEqual('0s');
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, '60')).toEqual('1m');
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, '65')).toEqual('1m 5s');
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, 65)).toEqual('1m 5s');
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, 86500)).toEqual('1d 1m 40s');
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, 2629746)).toEqual('30d 10h 29m 6s');
+  expect(formatDurationForDisplay(null, 31536765)).toEqual('365d 12m 45s');
+});
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx
index 4bb0f879b..2a79d0620 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { format } from 'date-fns';
+import { Duration, format } from 'date-fns';
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
 
 import {
@@ -399,3 +399,43 @@ export const getLastMilestoneFromProcessInstance = (
   }
   return [valueToUse, truncatedValue];
 };
+
+// logic from https://stackoverflow.com/a/28510323/6090676
+export const secondsToDuration = (secNum: number) => {
+  const days = Math.floor(secNum / 86400);
+  const hours = Math.floor(secNum / 3600) % 24;
+  const minutes = Math.floor(secNum / 60) % 60;
+  const seconds = secNum % 60;
+
+  const duration: Duration = {
+    days,
+    hours,
+    minutes,
+    seconds,
+  };
+  return duration;
+};
+
+export const formatDurationForDisplay = (_row: any, value: any) => {
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const duration = secondsToDuration(parseInt(value, 10));
+  const durationTimes = [];
+  if (duration.seconds !== undefined && duration.seconds > 0) {
+    durationTimes.unshift(`${duration.seconds}s`);
+  }
+  if (duration.minutes !== undefined && duration.minutes > 0) {
+    durationTimes.unshift(`${duration.minutes}m`);
+  }
+  if (duration.hours !== undefined && duration.hours > 0) {
+    durationTimes.unshift(`${duration.hours}h`);
+  }
+  if (duration.days !== undefined && duration.days > 0) {
+    durationTimes.unshift(`${duration.days}d`);
+  }
+  if (durationTimes.length < 1) {
+    durationTimes.push('0s');
+  }
+  return durationTimes.join(' ');
+};