diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
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+++ b/background.html
@@ -168,60 +168,4 @@
 			url: 'http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURI(tab.url)
 		});
 	}
-	
-	/*
-			 * JavaScript Pretty Date
-			 * Thanks to Dean Landolt's comment on
-			 * http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-pretty-date/#postcomment
-			 */
-			// Takes an ISO time and returns a string representing how
-			// long ago the date represents.
-			function prettyDate(date_str){
-			  var time = ('' + date_str).replace(/-/g,"/").replace(/[TZ]/g," ");
-			  var seconds = (new Date - new Date(time)) / 1000;
-			  var token = 'ago', list_choice = 1;
-			  if (seconds < 0) {
-				seconds = Math.abs(seconds);
-				token = 'from now';
-				list_choice = 2;
-			  }
-			  var i = 0, format;
-			  while (format = time_formats[i++]) if (seconds < format[0]) {
-				if (typeof format[2] == 'string')
-				  return format[list_choice];
-				else
-				  return Math.floor(seconds / format[2]) + ' ' + format[1] + ' ' + token;
-			  }
-			  return time;
-			};
-			var time_formats = [
-			  [60, 'just now', 1], // 60
-			  [120, '1 minute ago', '1 minute from now'], // 60*2
-			  [3600, 'minutes', 60], // 60*60, 60
-			  [7200, '1 hour ago', '1 hour from now'], // 60*60*2
-			  [86400, 'hours', 3600], // 60*60*24, 60*60
-			  [172800, 'yesterday', 'tomorrow'], // 60*60*24*2
-			  [604800, 'days', 86400], // 60*60*24*7, 60*60*24
-			  [1209600, 'last week', 'next week'], // 60*60*24*7*4*2
-			  [2419200, 'weeks', 604800], // 60*60*24*7*4, 60*60*24*7
-			  [4838400, 'last month', 'next month'], // 60*60*24*7*4*2
-			  [29030400, 'months', 2419200], // 60*60*24*7*4*12, 60*60*24*7*4
-			  [58060800, 'last year', 'next year'], // 60*60*24*7*4*12*2
-			  [2903040000, 'years', 29030400], // 60*60*24*7*4*12*100, 60*60*24*7*4*12
-			  [5806080000, 'last century', 'next century'], // 60*60*24*7*4*12*100*2
-			  [58060800000, 'centuries', 2903040000] // 60*60*24*7*4*12*100*20, 60*60*24*7*4*12*100
-			];
-			
-			/*
-			 * ISO 8601 Formatted Dates
-			 * Gotten from the Mozilla Developer Center
-			 */
-			function ISODateString(d){
-			 function pad(n){return n<10 ? '0'+n : n}
-			 return d.getUTCFullYear()+'-'
-				  + pad(d.getUTCMonth()+1)+'-'
-				  + pad(d.getUTCDate())+'T'
-				  + pad(d.getUTCHours())+':'
-				  + pad(d.getUTCMinutes())+':'
-				  + pad(d.getUTCSeconds())+'Z'}
 </script>
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