diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Cases/CasesPlugin.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Cases/CasesPlugin.ts
index 5eeb330c..fef387b2 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Cases/CasesPlugin.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Cases/CasesPlugin.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   config: {
     log_automatic_actions: true,
     case_log_channel: null,
+    show_relative_times: true,
+    relative_time_cutoff: "7d",
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Cases/functions/getCaseSummary.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Cases/functions/getCaseSummary.ts
index 4c1390ed..95b801d1 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Cases/functions/getCaseSummary.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Cases/functions/getCaseSummary.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import { PluginData } from "knub";
 import { CasesPluginType } from "../types";
-import { disableLinkPreviews, messageLink } from "../../../utils";
+import { convertDelayStringToMS, DAYS, disableLinkPreviews, messageLink } from "../../../utils";
 import { DBDateFormat, getDateFormat } from "../../../utils/dateFormats";
 import { CaseTypes } from "../../../data/CaseTypes";
 import moment from "moment-timezone";
 import { Case } from "../../../data/entities/Case";
 import { inGuildTz } from "../../../utils/timezones";
+import humanizeDuration from "humanize-duration";
+import { humanizeDurationShort } from "../../../humanizeDurationShort";
 
 const CASE_SUMMARY_REASON_MAX_LENGTH = 300;
 const INCLUDE_MORE_NOTES_THRESHOLD = 20;
 const UPDATED_STR = "__[Update]__";
 
+const RELATIVE_TIME_THRESHOLD = 7 * DAYS;
+
 export async function getCaseSummary(
   pluginData: PluginData<CasesPluginType>,
   caseOrCaseId: Case | number,
@@ -41,7 +45,12 @@ export async function getCaseSummary(
   reason = disableLinkPreviews(reason);
 
   const timestamp = moment.utc(theCase.created_at, DBDateFormat);
-  const prettyTimestamp = inGuildTz(pluginData, timestamp).format(getDateFormat(pluginData, "date"));
+  const config = pluginData.config.get();
+  const relativeTimeCutoff = convertDelayStringToMS(config.relative_time_cutoff);
+  const useRelativeTime = config.show_relative_times && Date.now() - timestamp.valueOf() < relativeTimeCutoff;
+  const prettyTimestamp = useRelativeTime
+    ? moment.utc().to(timestamp)
+    : inGuildTz(pluginData, timestamp).format(getDateFormat(pluginData, "date"));
 
   let caseTitle = `\`Case #${theCase.case_number}\``;
   if (withLinks && theCase.log_message_id) {
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Cases/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Cases/types.ts
index f6f1d8cd..a732eeaf 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Cases/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Cases/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as t from "io-ts";
-import { tNullable } from "../../utils";
+import { tDelayString, tNullable } from "../../utils";
 import { CaseTypes } from "../../data/CaseTypes";
 import { BasePluginType } from "knub";
 import { GuildLogs } from "../../data/GuildLogs";
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { GuildArchives } from "../../data/GuildArchives";
 export const ConfigSchema = t.type({
   log_automatic_actions: t.boolean,
   case_log_channel: tNullable(t.string),
+  show_relative_times: t.boolean,
+  relative_time_cutoff: tDelayString,
 });
 export type TConfigSchema = t.TypeOf<typeof ConfigSchema>;