diff --git a/p11k.el b/p11k.el
index 80e2506..07f942c 100644
--- a/p11k.el
+++ b/p11k.el
@@ -212,10 +212,15 @@ time the command took to complete in seconds.
 
 Outputteth a string."
   ;; TIMESTAMP is irrelevant for us
-  (let ((durstring (format "%.3fs" duration)))
+  (let ((durstring
+	 (if (> duration p11k/duration-precision-cutoff)
+	     (format "%.0fs" duration)
+	   (format "%.3fs" duration))))
     (p11k/spaced-concat
      (if (eq p11k/prompt-flow 'fluent) "took" "")
      (propertize durstring 'face 'p11k/yellow))))
+(defvar p11k/duration-precision-cutoff 3)
+;; is there a better way to do above? perhaps with Format?
 
 (defun p11k/justificate (left-items right-items)
   "Concatenate LEFT-ITEMS and RIGHT-ITEMS with a gap between.
@@ -280,8 +285,11 @@ Use 'window-width' to calculate the total final width."
 	     (p11k/spaced-concat
 	      (if (eq p11k/prompt-style 'fluent) "at" "")
 	      (propertize (pcase p11k/show-current-time
-			    (12 (format-time-string "%I:%M:%S %p"))
-			    (24 (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S"))
+			    ;; not showing seconds rn
+			    (12 (format-time-string "%I:%M %p"))
+			    (24 (format-time-string "%H:%M"))
+			    ;; (12 (format-time-string "%I:%M:%S %p"))
+			    ;; (24 (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S"))
 			    (t "[bad time type]"))
 			  'face 'p11k/cyan))
 	   ""))