diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
index 2c8dac62..c5b08990 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ class API_VM_Root(Resource):
                         description: Unix timestamp of the snapshot
                       age:
                         type: string
-                        description: Human-readable age of the snapshot in the largest viable unit (seconds, minutes, hours, days)
+                        description: Age of the snapshot in seconds
                       rbd_snapshots:
                         type: array
                         items:
diff --git a/client-cli/pvc/lib/common.py b/client-cli/pvc/lib/common.py
index 5cc9aaef..000dd28c 100644
--- a/client-cli/pvc/lib/common.py
+++ b/client-cli/pvc/lib/common.py
@@ -64,6 +64,37 @@ def format_metric(integer):
     return human_integer
 
 
+def format_age(age_secs):
+    human_age = f"{age_secs} seconds"
+
+    age_minutes = int(age_secs / 60)
+    age_minutes_rounded = int(round(age_secs / 60))
+    if age_minutes > 0:
+        if age_minutes_rounded > 1:
+            s = "s"
+        else:
+            s = ""
+        human_age = f"{age_minutes_rounded} minute{s}"
+    age_hours = int(age_secs / 3600)
+    age_hours_rounded = int(round(age_secs / 3600))
+    if age_hours > 0:
+        if age_hours_rounded > 1:
+            s = "s"
+        else:
+            s = ""
+        human_age = f"{age_hours_rounded} hour{s}"
+    age_days = int(age_secs / 86400)
+    age_days_rounded = int(round(age_secs / 86400))
+    if age_days > 0:
+        if age_days_rounded > 1:
+            s = "s"
+        else:
+            s = ""
+        human_age = f"{age_days_rounded} day{s}"
+
+    return human_age
+
+
 class UploadProgressBar(object):
     def __init__(self, filename, end_message="", end_nl=True):
         file_size = os.path.getsize(filename)
diff --git a/client-cli/pvc/lib/vm.py b/client-cli/pvc/lib/vm.py
index 8430a27f..d85c7ead 100644
--- a/client-cli/pvc/lib/vm.py
+++ b/client-cli/pvc/lib/vm.py
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ import time
 import re
 
 import pvc.lib.ansiprint as ansiprint
-from pvc.lib.common import call_api, format_bytes, format_metric, get_wait_retdata
+from pvc.lib.common import (
+    call_api,
+    format_bytes,
+    format_metric,
+    format_age,
+    get_wait_retdata,
+)
 
 
 #
@@ -2056,7 +2062,7 @@ def format_info(config, domain_information, long_output):
         if _snapshots_name_length > snapshots_name_length:
             snapshots_name_length = _snapshots_name_length
 
-        _snapshots_age_length = len(snapshot["age"]) + 1
+        _snapshots_age_length = len(format_age(snapshot["age"])) + 1
         if _snapshots_age_length > snapshots_age_length:
             snapshots_age_length = _snapshots_age_length
 
@@ -2096,7 +2102,7 @@ def format_info(config, domain_information, long_output):
                     snapshots_age_length=snapshots_age_length,
                     snapshots_xml_changes_length=snapshots_xml_changes_length,
                     snapshots_name=snapshot["name"],
-                    snapshots_age=snapshot["age"],
+                    snapshots_age=format_age(snapshot["age"]),
                     snapshots_xml_changes=xml_diff_counts,
                     end=ansiprint.end(),
                 )
diff --git a/daemon-common/common.py b/daemon-common/common.py
index c8e48569..0888e989 100644
--- a/daemon-common/common.py
+++ b/daemon-common/common.py
@@ -486,34 +486,11 @@ def getDomainSnapshots(zkhandler, dom_uuid):
 
         _snap_timestamp = float(snap_timestamp)
         snap_age_secs = int(current_timestamp) - int(_snap_timestamp)
-        snap_age = f"{snap_age_secs} seconds"
-        snap_age_minutes = int(snap_age_secs / 60)
-        if snap_age_minutes > 0:
-            if snap_age_minutes > 1:
-                s = "s"
-            else:
-                s = ""
-            snap_age = f"{snap_age_minutes} minute{s}"
-        snap_age_hours = int(snap_age_secs / 3600)
-        if snap_age_hours > 0:
-            if snap_age_hours > 1:
-                s = "s"
-            else:
-                s = ""
-            snap_age = f"{snap_age_hours} hour{s}"
-        snap_age_days = int(snap_age_secs / 86400)
-        if snap_age_days > 0:
-            if snap_age_days > 1:
-                s = "s"
-            else:
-                s = ""
-            snap_age = f"{snap_age_days} day{s}"
-
         snapshots.append(
             {
                 "name": snap_name,
                 "timestamp": snap_timestamp,
-                "age": snap_age,
+                "age": snap_age_secs,
                 "xml_diff_lines": snap_dom_xml_diff,
                 "rbd_snapshots": snap_rbd_snapshots,
             }