diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 664cc9848..4dd523f32 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ gem 'js-routes'
 gem 'jwt'
 gem 'kramdown'
 gem 'kramdown-parser-gfm'
+gem 'local_time'
 gem 'mimemagic'
 gem 'net-http-persistent'
 gem 'net-imap', require: false
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ gem 'pundit'
 gem 'rails', '~> 8.0.2'
 gem 'rails_admin'
 gem 'rails-i18n'
-gem 'rails-timeago'
 gem 'ransack'
 gem 'rubytree'
 gem 'rubyzip'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a3d1a39e4..8e7fb3307 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ GEM
     listen (3.9.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
+    local_time (3.0.3)
     logger (1.7.0)
     loofah (2.24.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
@@ -420,9 +421,6 @@ GEM
     rails-i18n (8.0.1)
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       railties (>= 8.0.0, < 9)
-    rails-timeago (2.20.0)
-      actionpack (>= 5.2)
-      activesupport (>= 5.2)
     rails_admin (3.3.0)
       activemodel-serializers-xml (>= 1.0)
       csv
@@ -704,6 +702,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   kramdown-parser-gfm
   letter_opener
   listen
+  local_time
   mimemagic
   mnemosyne-ruby
   net-http-persistent
@@ -720,7 +719,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (~> 8.0.2)
   rails-controller-testing
   rails-i18n
-  rails-timeago
   rails_admin
   ransack
   rspec-collection_matchers
@@ -861,6 +859,7 @@ CHECKSUMS
   letter_opener (1.10.0) sha256=2ff33f2e3b5c3c26d1959be54b395c086ca6d44826e8bf41a14ff96fdf1bdbb2
   lint_roller (1.1.0) sha256=2c0c845b632a7d172cb849cc90c1bce937a28c5c8ccccb50dfd46a485003cc87
   listen (3.9.0) sha256=db9e4424e0e5834480385197c139cb6b0ae0ef28cc13310cfd1ca78377d59c67
+  local_time (3.0.3) sha256=c69a8974d993fdf6e60db02977ed23c070f203dcb3a1ff0de52ad3d2393f8303
   logger (1.7.0) sha256=196edec7cc44b66cfb40f9755ce11b392f21f7967696af15d274dde7edff0203
   loofah (2.24.1) sha256=655a30842b70ec476410b347ab1cd2a5b92da46a19044357bbd9f401b009a337
   mail (2.8.1) sha256=ec3b9fadcf2b3755c78785cb17bc9a0ca9ee9857108a64b6f5cfc9c0b5bfc9ad
@@ -929,7 +928,6 @@ CHECKSUMS
   rails-dom-testing (2.3.0) sha256=8acc7953a7b911ca44588bf08737bc16719f431a1cc3091a292bca7317925c1d
   rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2) sha256=35fce2ca8242da8775c83b6ba9c1bcaad6751d9eb73c1abaa8403475ab89a560
   rails-i18n (8.0.1) sha256=15303195450bdac9a80636cf14c7e5ada2f43907cc60fcd19bbb3f81ab45be0d
-  rails-timeago (2.20.0) sha256=f9b284fa758e4ad89f74cec88bd1b04c378597f1eb6bafecdba9186ba0109f38
   rails_admin (3.3.0) sha256=666c40a0931ee4f6e29e6db1df69df72417218d553af25b2fb56cdc94e2cfbf9
   railties (8.0.2) sha256=0d7c3f40c49ba74980f1bac1d4bb153a9331c5ee8a9631d89c7bf79db82e5cf9
   rainbow (3.1.1) sha256=039491aa3a89f42efa1d6dec2fc4e62ede96eb6acd95e52f1ad581182b79bc6a
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 6c6f0f301..b89b05788 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 // Read Sprockets README (https://github.com/rails/sprockets#sprockets-directives) for details
 // about supported directives.
 //
-//= require rails-timeago
-//= require locales/jquery.timeago.de.js
-//
 // app/assets
 // --> Include some assets first, as they are used by other assets.
 // --> Hence, the order specified here is important.
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/base.js b/app/assets/javascripts/base.js
index 6d0cbb568..75f0e277e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/base.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/base.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ $(document).on('turbo-migration:load', function(event) {
     const htmlTag = $('html')
     I18n.defaultLocale = htmlTag.data('default-locale');
     I18n.locale = htmlTag.attr('lang');
-    jQuery.timeago.settings.lang = I18n.locale;
 
     // Initialize Sentry
     const sentrySettings = $('meta[name="sentry"]')
diff --git a/app/javascript/application.js b/app/javascript/application.js
index 9fb99abf5..b9e73c607 100644
--- a/app/javascript/application.js
+++ b/app/javascript/application.js
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ import "ace-builds/src-noconflict/ext-modelist"; // Enable language mode detecti
 ace.config.set("useStrictCSP", true); // Enable strict CSP mode
 window.ace = ace; // Publish ace in global namespace
 
+import LocalTime from "local-time"
+LocalTime.config.locale = 'default';
+LocalTime.config.i18n['default'] = i18n.t('local_time');
+LocalTime.start()
+
 // Turbo
 import '@hotwired/turbo-rails';
 import './turbo-migration';
diff --git a/app/views/request_for_comments/_list_entry.html.slim b/app/views/request_for_comments/_list_entry.html.slim
index 6497ec895..56111ef97 100644
--- a/app/views/request_for_comments/_list_entry.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/request_for_comments/_list_entry.html.slim
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ tr.table-row-clickable data-id=request_for_comment.id data-href=request_for_comm
   - else
     td.text-black-50.font-italic = t('request_for_comments.no_question')
   td = request_for_comment.user
-  td = timeago_tag request_for_comment.created_at
+  td = local_time_ago request_for_comment.created_at
diff --git a/config/i18n-tasks.yml b/config/i18n-tasks.yml
index 834a3e5d5..42a2d68da 100644
--- a/config/i18n-tasks.yml
+++ b/config/i18n-tasks.yml
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ ignore_unused:
   - 'activerecord.{attributes,errors,models}.*'
   - 'linter.*'
   - 'will_paginate.*'
+  - 'local_time.*'
 
 ## Exclude these keys from the `i18n_tasks eq-base' report:
 # ignore_eq_base:
diff --git a/config/locales/de/local_time.yml b/config/locales/de/local_time.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed0305770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/locales/de/local_time.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+---
+de:
+  local_time:
+    date:
+      abbrDayNames:
+      - So
+      - Mo
+      - Di
+      - Mi
+      - Do
+      - Fr
+      - Sa
+      abbrMonthNames:
+      - Jan
+      - Feb
+      - Mär
+      - Apr
+      - Mai
+      - Jun
+      - Jul
+      - Aug
+      - Sep
+      - Okt
+      - Nov
+      - Dez
+      dayNames:
+      - Sonntag
+      - Montag
+      - Dienstag
+      - Mittwoch
+      - Donnerstag
+      - Freitag
+      - Samstag
+      formats:
+        default: "%e. %b %Y"
+        thisYear: "%e. %b"
+      monthNames:
+      - Januar
+      - Februar
+      - März
+      - April
+      - Mai
+      - Juni
+      - Juli
+      - August
+      - September
+      - Oktober
+      - November
+      - Dezember
+      today: heute
+      tomorrow: morgen
+      'true': am {date}
+      yesterday: gestern
+    datetime:
+      at: "{date} um {time}"
+      formats:
+        default: "%e. %B %Y um %H:%M %Z"
+        default_24h: "%e. %B %Y um %H:%M %Z"
+    time:
+      elapsed: vor {time}
+      formats:
+        default: "%H:%M"
+        default_24h: "%H:%M"
+      hour: Stunde
+      hours: Stunden
+      minute: Minute
+      minutes: Minuten
+      second: Sekunde
+      seconds: Sekunden
+      singular: vor einer {time}
+      singularAn: vor einer {time}
diff --git a/config/locales/en/local_time.yml b/config/locales/en/local_time.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f022198d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/locales/en/local_time.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+---
+en:
+  local_time:
+    date:
+      abbrDayNames:
+      - Sun
+      - Mon
+      - Tue
+      - Wed
+      - Thu
+      - Fri
+      - Sat
+      abbrMonthNames:
+      - Jan
+      - Feb
+      - Mar
+      - Apr
+      - May
+      - Jun
+      - Jul
+      - Aug
+      - Sep
+      - Oct
+      - Nov
+      - Dec
+      dayNames:
+      - Sunday
+      - Monday
+      - Tuesday
+      - Wednesday
+      - Thursday
+      - Friday
+      - Saturday
+      formats:
+        default: "%b %e, %Y"
+        thisYear: "%b %e"
+      monthNames:
+      - January
+      - February
+      - March
+      - April
+      - May
+      - June
+      - July
+      - August
+      - September
+      - October
+      - November
+      - December
+      today: today
+      tomorrow: tomorrow
+      'true': on {date}
+      yesterday: yesterday
+    datetime:
+      at: "{date} at {time}"
+      formats:
+        default: "%B %e, %Y at %l:%M%P %Z"
+        default_24h: "%B %e, %Y at %H:%M %Z"
+    time:
+      am: am
+      elapsed: "{time} ago"
+      formats:
+        default: "%l:%M%P"
+        default_24h: "%H:%M"
+      hour: hour
+      hours: hours
+      minute: minute
+      minutes: minutes
+      pm: pm
+      second: second
+      seconds: seconds
+      singular: a {time}
+      singularAn: an {time}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 612013983..26fef904c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "jquery-ujs": "^1.2.3",
     "jstree": "^3.3.17",
     "keycharm": "^0.4.0",
+    "local-time": "^3.0.3",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.9.2",
     "moment": "^2.30.1",
     "opensans-webkit": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f2d228aa1..cf3b67b6e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2634,6 +2634,7 @@ __metadata:
     jquery-ujs: "npm:^1.2.3"
     jstree: "npm:^3.3.17"
     keycharm: "npm:^0.4.0"
+    local-time: "npm:^3.0.3"
     mini-css-extract-plugin: "npm:^2.9.2"
     moment: "npm:^2.30.1"
     opensans-webkit: "npm:^1.1.0"
@@ -4670,6 +4671,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"local-time@npm:^3.0.3":
+  version: 3.0.3
+  resolution: "local-time@npm:3.0.3"
+  checksum: 10c0/452f291576f44cceb1c2ffb014376aa6513d03ea0562a114591bb0d40be4e0a0de5f95334344d43c1d92e1511081bf030c8bec7d0ad87421c750b5ceef7cded6
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "locate-path@npm:^5.0.0":
   version: 5.0.0
   resolution: "locate-path@npm:5.0.0"