diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/date.ts b/src/vs/base/common/date.ts
index 71ea9d31a4df12c6632661eb91ebbdd073834ee1..443827d587bc19826efba2f703341e1644973d62 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/date.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/date.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ export function fromNow(date: number | Date, appendAgoLabel?: boolean): string {
 
 	const seconds = Math.round((new Date().getTime() - date) / 1000);
 	if (seconds < -30) {
-		return `in ${fromNow(new Date().getTime() + seconds * 1000, false)}`;
-	} else if (seconds < 30) {
+		return localize('date.fromNow.in', 'in {0}', fromNow(new Date().getTime() + seconds * 1000, false));
+	}
+
+	if (seconds < 30) {
 		return localize('date.fromNow.now', 'now');
 	}