improve crawler log presentation

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to Health Intersections FHIRsmith will be documented in this
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.14.2] - 
+
 
 ## [0.14.1] - 2026-09-29
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fhirsmith",
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2-snapshot",
   "txVersion": "1.9.5-SNAPSHOT",
   "description": "A Node.js server that provides a collection of tools to serve the FHIR ecosystem",
   "main": "server.js",

packages/packages.js

@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@
       pckLog.info('Starting initial package crawler...');
 
       // Run crawler in background (non-blocking)
       setImmediate(async () => {
         try {
           await this.runCrawler();
           pckLog.info('Initial package crawler completed successfully');
@@ -2867,13 +2867,14 @@
 
       if (logData) {
         if (logData.startTime) {
-          content += `<tr><td>Start Time:</td><td>${new Date(logData.startTime).toLocaleString()}</td></tr>`;
-        }
-        if (logData.endTime) {
-          content += `<tr><td>End Time:</td><td>${new Date(logData.endTime).toLocaleString()}</td></tr>`;
+          // relative, because the server's local clock means nothing to the reader
+          content += `<tr><td>Started:</td><td title="${new Date(logData.startTime).toISOString()}">${this.formatTimeAgo(logData.startTime)}</td></tr>`;
         }
         if (logData.runTime) {
-          content += `<tr><td>Duration:</td><td>${logData.runTime}</td></tr>`;
+          const ms = parseInt(logData.runTime, 10);
+          if (!isNaN(ms)) {
+            content += `<tr><td>Duration:</td><td>${(ms / 1000).toFixed(1)} seconds</td></tr>`;
+          }
         }
         if (logData.totalBytes) {
           content += `<tr><td>Total Bytes:</td><td>${logData.totalBytes.toLocaleString()}</td></tr>`;
@@ -2909,6 +2910,24 @@
     return content;
   }
 
+  formatTimeAgo(time) {
+    const secs = Math.max(0, Math.round((Date.now() - new Date(time).getTime()) / 1000));
+    const plural = (n, unit) => `${n} ${unit}${n === 1 ? '' : 's'} ago`;
+    if (secs < 60) {
+      return plural(secs, 'second');
+    }
+    const mins = Math.floor(secs / 60);
+    if (mins < 60) {
+      return plural(mins, 'minute');
+    }
+    const hours = Math.floor(mins / 60);
+    if (hours < 24) {
+      const rem = mins % 60;
+      return rem ? `${hours} hour${hours === 1 ? '' : 's'} ${rem} minute${rem === 1 ? '' : 's'} ago` : plural(hours, 'hour');
+    }
+    return plural(Math.floor(hours / 24), 'day');
+  }
+
 // Add this new method to format the crawler log as readable text
   formatCrawlerLog(logData) {
     let output = '';