diff --git a/AFDateHelper/AFDateExtension.swift b/AFDateHelper/AFDateExtension.swift
index b1065fa..e0b2dda 100644
--- a/AFDateHelper/AFDateExtension.swift
+++ b/AFDateHelper/AFDateExtension.swift
@@ -816,41 +816,48 @@ public extension NSDate {
         let time = self.timeIntervalSince1970
         let now = NSDate().timeIntervalSince1970
         
-        let seconds = now - time
+        let timeIsInPast = now - time > 0
+        
+        let seconds = abs(now - time)
         let minutes = round(seconds/60)
         let hours = round(minutes/60)
         let days = round(hours/24)
         
+        func describe(time: String) -> String {
+            if timeIsInPast { return "\(time) ago" }
+            else { return "in \(time)" }
+        }
+        
         if seconds < 10 {
             return NSLocalizedString("just now", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
         } else if seconds < 60 {
-            let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString("%.f seconds ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+            let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString(describe("%.f seconds"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
             return String(format: relativeTime, seconds)
         }
         
         if minutes < 60 {
             if minutes == 1 {
-                return NSLocalizedString("1 minute ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+                return NSLocalizedString(describe("1 minute"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
             } else {
-                let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString("%.f minutes ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+                let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString(describe("%.f minutes"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
                 return String(format: relativeTime, minutes)
             }
         }
         
         if hours < 24 {
             if hours == 1 {
-                return NSLocalizedString("1 hour ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+                return NSLocalizedString(describe("1 hour"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
             } else {
-                let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString("%.f hours ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+                let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString(describe("%.f hours"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
                 return String(format: relativeTime, hours)
             }
         }
         
         if days < 7 {
             if days == 1 {
-                return NSLocalizedString("1 day ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+                return NSLocalizedString(describe("1 day"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
             } else {
-                let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString("%.f days ago", comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
+                let relativeTime = NSLocalizedString(describe("%.f days"), comment: "Show the relative time from a date")
                 return String(format: relativeTime, days)
             }
         }