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diff --git a/searx/webutils.py b/searx/webutils.py
index f084fe9d3..a5ed27c2c 100644
--- a/searx/webutils.py
+++ b/searx/webutils.py
@@ -141,7 +141,13 @@ def highlight_content(content, query):
return content
-def searxng_format_date(dt: datetime): # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+def searxng_l10n_timespan(dt: datetime) -> str: # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+ """Returns a human-readable and translated string indicating how long ago
+ a date was in the past / the time span of the date to the present.
+
+ On January 1st, midnight, the returned string only indicates how many years
+ ago the date was.
+ """
# TODO, check if timezone is calculated right # pylint: disable=fixme
d = dt.date()
t = dt.time()