diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js
index 24e12df0fc..60343b920b 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js
@@ -1060,6 +1060,7 @@ var et2_date_ro = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         return _this;
     }
     et2_date_ro.prototype.set_value = function (_value) {
+        var _this = this;
         if (typeof _value == 'undefined')
             _value = 0;
         this.value = _value;
@@ -1156,9 +1157,16 @@ var et2_date_ro = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 var d = new Date();
                 var diff = Math.round(d.valueOf() / 1000) - Math.round(this.date.valueOf() / 1000);
                 display = '';
+                // limit units used to display
+                var smallest = 's';
+                if (this.options.units) {
+                    var valid = Object.entries(unit2s).filter(function (e) { return _this.options.units.includes(e[0]); });
+                    unit2s = Object.fromEntries(valid);
+                    smallest = (valid.pop() || [])[0];
+                }
                 for (var unit in unit2s) {
                     var unit_s = unit2s[unit];
-                    if (diff >= unit_s || unit == 's') {
+                    if (diff >= unit_s || unit === smallest) {
                         display = Math.round(diff / unit_s) + ' ' + this.egw().lang(unit2label[unit]);
                         break;
                     }
@@ -1232,6 +1240,10 @@ var et2_date_ro = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
             "ignore": true,
             "description": "Format data is in.  This is not used client-side because it's always a timestamp client side."
         },
+        units: {
+            "type": "string",
+            "descriptions": "Used units for date-since, default 'YmdHis', e.g. 'd' to display a value in days"
+        },
         min: { ignore: true },
         max: { ignore: true },
         year_range: { ignore: true }
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts
index e82eddac4f..346cb2b02e 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts
@@ -1227,6 +1227,10 @@ export class et2_date_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 			"ignore": true,
 			"description": "Format data is in.  This is not used client-side because it's always a timestamp client side."
 		},
+		units: {
+			"type": "string",
+			"descriptions": "Used units for date-since, default 'YmdHis', e.g. 'd' to display a value in days"
+		},
 		min: {ignore: true},
 		max: {ignore: true},
 		year_range: {ignore: true}
@@ -1360,7 +1364,7 @@ export class et2_date_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 					'i': 'minutes',
 					's': 'seconds'
 				};
-				var unit2s = {
+				var unit2s : Object = {
 					'Y': 31536000,
 					'm': 2628000,
 					'd': 86400,
@@ -1372,10 +1376,19 @@ export class et2_date_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 				var diff = Math.round(d.valueOf() / 1000) - Math.round(this.date.valueOf()/1000);
 				display = '';
 
+				// limit units used to display
+				let smallest = 's';
+				if (this.options.units)
+				{
+					const valid = Object.entries(unit2s).filter((e) => (<string>this.options.units).includes(e[0]));
+					unit2s = Object.fromEntries(valid);
+					smallest = (valid.pop() || [])[0];
+				}
+
 				for(var unit in unit2s)
 				{
 					var unit_s = unit2s[unit];
-					if (diff >= unit_s || unit == 's')
+					if (diff >= unit_s || unit === smallest)
 					{
 						display = Math.round(diff/unit_s)+' '+this.egw().lang(unit2label[unit]);
 						break;