diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleHelpers.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleHelpers.cs
index 25ef2fef..cde43998 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleHelpers.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleHelpers.cs
@@ -203,63 +203,6 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			}
 		}
 
-
-		// Formats a timestamp to a relative date compared to the current time
-		// Example: "about 5 hours ago"
-		public static string ToRelativeDate (DateTime date_time)
-		{
-			TimeSpan time_span = new TimeSpan (0);
-			time_span = DateTime.Now - date_time;
-
-			if (time_span <= TimeSpan.FromSeconds (60)) {
-				if (time_span.Seconds > 1)			
-					return string.Format ("{0} seconds ago", time_span.Seconds);
-				else
-					return "a second ago";
-			}
-
-			if (time_span <= TimeSpan.FromSeconds (60)) {
-				if (time_span.Minutes > 1)			
-					return string.Format ("about {0} minutes ago", time_span.Minutes);
-				else
-					return "a minute ago";
-			}
-
-			if (time_span <= TimeSpan.FromHours(24)) {
-				if (time_span.Hours > 1)			
-					return string.Format ("about {0} minutes ago", time_span.Hours);
-				else
-					return "about an hour ago";
-			}
-
-			if (time_span <= TimeSpan.FromDays(30)) {
-				if (time_span.Days > 1)	
-					return string.Format ("{0} days ago", time_span.Days);
-				else
-					return "yesterday";
-			}
-
-			if (time_span <= TimeSpan.FromDays(365)) {
-				if (time_span.Days > 1)	
-					return string.Format ("{0} months ago", (int) time_span.Days / 30);
-				else
-					return "a month ago";
-			}
-
-			if (time_span <= TimeSpan.FromDays(365)) {
-				if (time_span.Days > 1)	
-					return string.Format ("{0} months ago", (int) time_span.Days / 365);
-				else
-					return "a month ago";
-			}
-
-			if (time_span.Days > 365)
-				return string.Format ("{0} months ago", (int) time_span.Days / 365);
-			else
-				return "a year ago";
-
-		}		
-
 	}
 
 }