diff --git a/bookmarks/migrations/0008_userprofile_bookmark_date_display.py b/bookmarks/migrations/0008_userprofile_bookmark_date_display.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f27ce49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookmarks/migrations/0008_userprofile_bookmark_date_display.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.18 on 2021-03-30 10:40
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('bookmarks', '0007_userprofile'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='userprofile',
+            name='bookmark_date_display',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[('relative', 'Relative'), ('absolute', 'Absolute'), ('hidden', 'Hidden')], default='relative', max_length=10),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookmarks/models.py b/bookmarks/models.py
index 7bbb535..1fd079c 100644
--- a/bookmarks/models.py
+++ b/bookmarks/models.py
@@ -107,14 +107,24 @@ class UserProfile(models.Model):
         (THEME_LIGHT, 'Light'),
         (THEME_DARK, 'Dark'),
     ]
+    BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_RELATIVE = 'relative'
+    BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_ABSOLUTE = 'absolute'
+    BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_HIDDEN = 'hidden'
+    BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_CHOICES = [
+        (BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_RELATIVE, 'Relative'),
+        (BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_ABSOLUTE, 'Absolute'),
+        (BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_HIDDEN, 'Hidden'),
+    ]
     user = models.OneToOneField(get_user_model(), related_name='profile', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     theme = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=THEME_CHOICES, blank=False, default=THEME_AUTO)
+    bookmark_date_display = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_CHOICES, blank=False,
+                                             default=BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_RELATIVE)
 
 
 class UserProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = UserProfile
-        fields = ['theme']
+        fields = ['theme', 'bookmark_date_display']
 
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=get_user_model())
diff --git a/bookmarks/queries.py b/bookmarks/queries.py
index b36842b..bd4ab12 100644
--- a/bookmarks/queries.py
+++ b/bookmarks/queries.py
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ def _base_bookmarks_query(user: User, query_string: str) -> QuerySet:
             tags__name__iexact=tag_name
         )
 
-    # Sort by modification date
-    query_set = query_set.order_by('-date_modified')
+    # Sort by date added
+    query_set = query_set.order_by('-date_added')
 
     return query_set
 
diff --git a/bookmarks/styles/bookmarks.scss b/bookmarks/styles/bookmarks.scss
index 73d4975..1614546 100644
--- a/bookmarks/styles/bookmarks.scss
+++ b/bookmarks/styles/bookmarks.scss
@@ -50,16 +50,22 @@ ul.bookmark-list {
     }
   }
 
+  .actions > *:not(:last-child) {
+    margin-right: 0.1rem;
+  }
+
   .actions .btn-link {
     color: $gray-color;
-    padding-left: 0;
-    padding-right: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    height: auto;
+    vertical-align: unset;
+    border: none;
 
     &:focus,
     &:hover,
     &:active,
     &.active {
-      color: darken($gray-color, 10%);
+      color: $gray-color-dark;
     }
   }
 
@@ -202,4 +208,4 @@ $bulk-edit-transition-duration: 400ms;
 #bulk-edit-mode:checked ~ .bookmarks-page .bulk-edit-bar {
   max-height: 37px;
   border-bottom: solid 1px $border-color;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bookmarks/styles/util.scss b/bookmarks/styles/util.scss
index 8d70b38..ad08a70 100644
--- a/bookmarks/styles/util.scss
+++ b/bookmarks/styles/util.scss
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 .text-gray-dark {
   color: $gray-color-dark;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html b/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html
index a41a830..d42c2e1 100644
--- a/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html
+++ b/bookmarks/templates/bookmarks/bookmark_list.html
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
                 {% endif %}
             </div>
             <div class="actions">
+                {% if request.user.profile.bookmark_date_display == 'relative' %}
+                    <span class="text-gray text-sm">{{ bookmark.date_added|humanize_relative_date }}</span>
+                    <span class="text-gray text-sm">|</span>
+                {% endif %}
+                {% if request.user.profile.bookmark_date_display == 'absolute' %}
+                    <span class="text-gray text-sm">{{ bookmark.date_added|humanize_absolute_date }}</span>
+                    <span class="text-gray text-sm">|</span>
+                {% endif %}
                 <a href="{% url 'bookmarks:edit' bookmark.id %}?return_url={{ return_url }}"
                    class="btn btn-link btn-sm">Edit</a>
                 {% if bookmark.is_archived %}
@@ -44,4 +52,4 @@
 
 <div class="bookmark-pagination">
     {% pagination bookmarks %}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/bookmarks/templates/settings/general.html b/bookmarks/templates/settings/general.html
index cf22091..0992ba8 100644
--- a/bookmarks/templates/settings/general.html
+++ b/bookmarks/templates/settings/general.html
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
                     <label for="{{ form.theme.id_for_label }}" class="form-label">Theme</label>
                     {{ form.theme|add_class:"form-select col-2 col-sm-12" }}
                 </div>
+                <div class="form-group">
+                    <label for="{{ form.bookmark_date_display.id_for_label }}" class="form-label">Bookmark date format</label>
+                    {{ form.bookmark_date_display|add_class:"form-select col-2 col-sm-12" }}
+                </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
                     <input type="submit" value="Save" class="btn btn-primary mt-2">
                 </div>
diff --git a/bookmarks/templatetags/bookmarks.py b/bookmarks/templatetags/bookmarks.py
index 5f42f52..859df1c 100644
--- a/bookmarks/templatetags/bookmarks.py
+++ b/bookmarks/templatetags/bookmarks.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def tag_cloud(context, tags: List[Tag]):
 @register.inclusion_tag('bookmarks/bookmark_list.html', name='bookmark_list', takes_context=True)
 def bookmark_list(context, bookmarks: Page, return_url: str):
     return {
+        'request': context['request'],
         'bookmarks': bookmarks,
         'return_url': return_url
     }
diff --git a/bookmarks/templatetags/shared.py b/bookmarks/templatetags/shared.py
index 566ca6b..2eb13fd 100644
--- a/bookmarks/templatetags/shared.py
+++ b/bookmarks/templatetags/shared.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django import template
 
+from bookmarks import utils
+
 register = template.Library()
 
 
@@ -43,3 +45,17 @@ def first_char(text):
 @register.filter(name='remaining_chars')
 def remaining_chars(text, index):
     return text[index:]
+
+
+@register.filter(name='humanize_absolute_date')
+def humanize_absolute_date(value):
+    if value in (None, ''):
+        return ''
+    return utils.humanize_absolute_date(value)
+
+
+@register.filter(name='humanize_relative_date')
+def humanize_relative_date(value):
+    if value in (None, ''):
+        return ''
+    return utils.humanize_relative_date(value)
diff --git a/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_tag.py b/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_tag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9ba9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookmarks/tests/test_bookmarks_list_tag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator
+from django.template import Template, RequestContext
+from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+from django.utils import timezone, formats
+
+from bookmarks.tests.helpers import BookmarkFactoryMixin
+from bookmarks.models import UserProfile
+
+
+class BookmarkListTagTest(TestCase, BookmarkFactoryMixin):
+
+    def render_template(self, bookmarks) -> str:
+        rf = RequestFactory()
+        request = rf.get('/test')
+        request.user = self.get_or_create_test_user()
+        paginator = Paginator(bookmarks, 10)
+        page = paginator.page(1)
+
+        context = RequestContext(request, {'bookmarks': page, 'return_url': '/test'})
+        template_to_render = Template(
+            '{% load bookmarks %}'
+            '{% bookmark_list bookmarks return_url %}'
+        )
+        return template_to_render.render(context)
+
+    def setup_date_format_test(self, date_display_setting):
+        bookmark = self.setup_bookmark()
+        bookmark.date_added = timezone.now() - relativedelta(days=8)
+        bookmark.save()
+        user = self.get_or_create_test_user()
+        user.profile.bookmark_date_display = date_display_setting
+        user.profile.save()
+        return bookmark
+
+    def test_should_respect_absolute_date_setting(self):
+        bookmark = self.setup_date_format_test(UserProfile.BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_ABSOLUTE)
+        html = self.render_template([bookmark])
+        formatted_date = formats.date_format(bookmark.date_added, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT')
+
+        self.assertInHTML(f'''
+        <span class="text-gray text-sm">{formatted_date}</span>
+        ''', html)
+
+    def test_should_respect_relative_date_setting(self):
+        bookmark = self.setup_date_format_test(UserProfile.BOOKMARK_DATE_DISPLAY_RELATIVE)
+        html = self.render_template([bookmark])
+
+        self.assertInHTML('''
+        <span class="text-gray text-sm">1 week ago</span>
+        ''', html)
diff --git a/bookmarks/tests/test_utils.py b/bookmarks/tests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6638335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookmarks/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from bookmarks.utils import humanize_absolute_date, humanize_relative_date
+
+
+class UtilsTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    def test_humanize_absolute_date(self):
+        test_cases = [
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2023, 1, 1), '01/01/2021'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 2, 1), '01/01/2021'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 8), '01/01/2021'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 7), 'Friday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 7, 23, 59), 'Friday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 3), 'Friday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 2), 'Yesterday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 2, 23, 59), 'Yesterday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), 'Today'),
+        ]
+
+        for test_case in test_cases:
+            result = humanize_absolute_date(test_case[0], test_case[1])
+            self.assertEqual(test_case[2], result)
+
+    def test_humanize_relative_date(self):
+        test_cases = [
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2022, 1, 1), '1 year ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2022, 12, 31), '1 year ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2023, 1, 1), '2 years ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2023, 12, 31), '2 years ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 12, 31), '11 months ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 2, 1), '1 month ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 31), '4 weeks ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 14), '1 week ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 8), '1 week ago'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 7), 'Friday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 7, 23, 59), 'Friday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 3), 'Friday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 2), 'Yesterday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 2, 23, 59), 'Yesterday'),
+            (timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), timezone.datetime(2021, 1, 1), 'Today'),
+        ]
+
+        for test_case in test_cases:
+            result = humanize_relative_date(test_case[0], test_case[1])
+            self.assertEqual(test_case[2], result)
diff --git a/bookmarks/utils.py b/bookmarks/utils.py
index ac87766..65a6dd4 100644
--- a/bookmarks/utils.py
+++ b/bookmarks/utils.py
@@ -1,2 +1,55 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
+from django.template.defaultfilters import pluralize
+from django.utils import timezone, formats
+
+
 def unique(elements, key):
     return list({key(element): element for element in elements}.values())
+
+
+weekday_names = {
+    1: 'Monday',
+    2: 'Tuesday',
+    3: 'Wednesday',
+    4: 'Thursday',
+    5: 'Friday',
+    6: 'Saturday',
+    7: 'Sunday',
+}
+
+
+def humanize_absolute_date(value: datetime, now=timezone.now()):
+    delta = relativedelta(now, value)
+    yesterday = now - relativedelta(days=1)
+
+    is_older_than_a_week = delta.years > 0 or delta.months > 0 or delta.weeks > 0
+
+    if is_older_than_a_week:
+        return formats.date_format(value, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT')
+    elif value.day == now.day:
+        return 'Today'
+    elif value.day == yesterday.day:
+        return 'Yesterday'
+    else:
+        return weekday_names[value.isoweekday()]
+
+
+def humanize_relative_date(value: datetime, now: datetime = timezone.now()):
+    delta = relativedelta(now, value)
+
+    if delta.years > 0:
+        return f'{delta.years} year{pluralize(delta.years)} ago'
+    elif delta.months > 0:
+        return f'{delta.months} month{pluralize(delta.months)} ago'
+    elif delta.weeks > 0:
+        return f'{delta.weeks} week{pluralize(delta.weeks)} ago'
+    else:
+        yesterday = now - relativedelta(days=1)
+        if value.day == now.day:
+            return 'Today'
+        elif value.day == yesterday.day:
+            return 'Yesterday'
+        else:
+            return weekday_names[value.isoweekday()]
diff --git a/requirements.prod.txt b/requirements.prod.txt
index 60247f1..d168d33 100644
--- a/requirements.prod.txt
+++ b/requirements.prod.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ django-widget-tweaks==1.4.5
 djangorestframework==3.11.2
 idna==2.8
 pyparsing==2.4.7
+python-dateutil==2.8.1
 pytz==2019.1
 requests==2.22.0
 soupsieve==1.9.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b3144f..ebec16e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.11.2
 idna==2.8
 libsass==0.19.2
 pyparsing==2.4.7
+python-dateutil==2.8.1
 pytz==2019.1
 rcssmin==1.0.6
 requests==2.22.0
diff --git a/siteroot/settings/base.py b/siteroot/settings/base.py
index 1084f42..c99118e 100644
--- a/siteroot/settings/base.py
+++ b/siteroot/settings/base.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'siteroot.urls'