diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.stories.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.stories.tsx
index f8b9994fd0..22979c631b 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.stories.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.stories.tsx
@@ -21,30 +21,29 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-import {storiesOf} from "@storybook/react";
-import React, {FC, ReactNode} from "react";
+import { storiesOf } from "@storybook/react";
+import React, { FC, ReactNode } from "react";
 import styled from "styled-components";
 import repository from "../__resources__/repository";
 // @ts-ignore ignore unknown png
 import Git from "../__resources__/git-logo.png";
 import RepositoryEntry from "./RepositoryEntry";
-import {Binder, BinderContext} from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
-import {Repository} from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+import { Binder, BinderContext } from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
+import { Repository } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 import Image from "../Image";
-import classNames from "classnames";
 import Icon from "../Icon";
 
+const baseDate = "2020-03-26T12:13:42+02:00";
+
 const Spacing = styled.div`
   margin: 2rem;
 `;
 
-const Container: FC = ({children}) => (
-  <Spacing className="box box-link-shadow">{children}</Spacing>
-);
+const Container: FC = ({ children }) => <Spacing className="box box-link-shadow">{children}</Spacing>;
 
 const bindAvatar = (binder: Binder, avatar: string) => {
   binder.bind("repos.repository-avatar", () => {
-    return <Image src={avatar} alt="Logo"/>;
+    return <Image src={avatar} alt="Logo" />;
   });
 };
 
@@ -63,18 +62,21 @@ const bindQuickLink = (binder: Binder, extension: ReactNode) => {
 const withBinder = (binder: Binder, repository: Repository) => {
   return (
     <BinderContext.Provider value={binder}>
-      <RepositoryEntry repository={repository}/>
+      <RepositoryEntry repository={repository} baseDate={baseDate} />
     </BinderContext.Provider>
   );
 };
 
-const QuickLink = <a className="level-item"><Icon className="fa-lg" name="fas fa-code-branch fa-rotate-180 fa-fw"
-                                                  color="inherit"/></a>;
+const QuickLink = (
+  <a className="level-item">
+    <Icon className="fa-lg" name="fas fa-code-branch fa-rotate-180 fa-fw" color="inherit" />
+  </a>
+);
 
 storiesOf("RepositoryEntry", module)
   .addDecorator(storyFn => <Container>{storyFn()}</Container>)
   .add("Default", () => {
-    return <RepositoryEntry repository={repository}/>;
+    return <RepositoryEntry repository={repository} baseDate={baseDate} />;
   })
   .add("Avatar EP", () => {
     const binder = new Binder("avatar");
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ storiesOf("RepositoryEntry", module)
   })
   .add("Before Title EP", () => {
     const binder = new Binder("title");
-    bindBeforeTitle(binder, <i className="fas fa-star"/>);
+    bindBeforeTitle(binder, <i className="fas fa-star" />);
     return withBinder(binder, repository);
   })
   .add("Quick Link EP", () => {
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.tsx
index 8bd29309aa..80722eecfb 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/RepositoryEntry.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ import RepositoryEntryLink from "./RepositoryEntryLink";
 import RepositoryAvatar from "./RepositoryAvatar";
 import { ExtensionPoint } from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
 
+type DateProp = Date | string;
+
 type Props = {
   repository: Repository;
+  // @VisibleForTesting
+  // the baseDate is only to avoid failing snapshot tests
+  baseDate?: DateProp;
 };
 
 class RepositoryEntry extends React.Component<Props> {
@@ -77,10 +82,10 @@ class RepositoryEntry extends React.Component<Props> {
     );
   };
 
-  createFooterRight = (repository: Repository) => {
+  createFooterRight = (repository: Repository, baseDate?: DateProp) => {
     return (
       <small className="level-item">
-        <DateFromNow date={repository.creationDate} />
+        <DateFromNow baseDate={baseDate} date={repository.creationDate} />
       </small>
     );
   };
@@ -95,10 +100,10 @@ class RepositoryEntry extends React.Component<Props> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { repository } = this.props;
+    const { repository, baseDate } = this.props;
     const repositoryLink = this.createLink(repository);
     const footerLeft = this.createFooterLeft(repository, repositoryLink);
-    const footerRight = this.createFooterRight(repository);
+    const footerRight = this.createFooterRight(repository, baseDate);
     const title = this.createTitle();
     return (
       <CardColumn