diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51fa48f..5de4c63 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ It's like Sopel, except rewritten from scratch using Twisted as a base and over
 
 ## Requirements  
 Python 3.6+  
-Python packages: `twisted python-dateutil requests bs4 wolframalpha emoji pillow ipython numpy numpngw numexpr`  
+Python packages: `twisted requests bs4 wolframalpha emoji pillow ipython numpy numpngw numexpr`  
diff --git a/modules/bq.py b/modules/bq.py
index 75dac23..20408ef 100755
--- a/modules/bq.py
+++ b/modules/bq.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Various things related to Banished Quest.
 """
 from datetime import datetime
 
+import tools
+import config
 from module import commands
-from tools.time import relativeTime
 
 @commands('bq')
 def BQstatus(bot, trigger):
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ def BQstatus(bot, trigger):
 	Displays the current status of BQ.
 	"""
 	status = "\x0304DEAD"
-	deathdate = "[2017-02-16 00:19:00]"
+	deathdate = datetime(2017, 2, 16, 0, 19, 0)
 	msg = "Banished Quest status: " + status + "\nTime since death: "
-	msg += relativeTime(datetime.now(), deathdate) + " ago "
-	msg += deathdate
+	msg += tools.relative_time(datetime.now(), deathdate) + " ago "
+	msg += deathdate.strftime(config.default_time_format)
 	bot.msg(msg)
diff --git a/modules/seen.py b/modules/seen.py
index 1fc9df7..4ab0208 100755
--- a/modules/seen.py
+++ b/modules/seen.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
 import tools
 import config
-from tools.time import relativeTime
 from module import commands, example, hook, require_chanmsg, rate
 
 
@@ -91,9 +90,9 @@ def seen(bot, trigger):
 		return bot.msg(f"I haven't seen \x0308{args.nick}")
 
 	timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
+	reltime = tools.relative_time(datetime.now(), timestamp)
 	t_format = config.default_time_format
 	timestamp = datetime.strftime(timestamp, t_format)
-	reltime = relativeTime(datetime.now(), timestamp)
 
 	if args.first:
 		msg = "First"
diff --git a/modules/tell.py b/modules/tell.py
index 201d7cc..9e4b312 100755
--- a/modules/tell.py
+++ b/modules/tell.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import threading
 from datetime import datetime
 from sqlite3 import OperationalError
 
+import tools
 import config
-from tools.time import relativeTime
 from module import commands, example, hook
 
 def load_database(bot):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def tell_hook(bot, trigger):
 		teller, unixtime, message = tell
 
 		telldate = datetime.fromtimestamp(unixtime)
-		reltime = relativeTime(datetime.now(), telldate)
+		reltime = tools.relative_time(datetime.now(), telldate)
 		t_format = config.default_time_format
 		telldate = datetime.strftime(telldate, t_format)
 
diff --git a/modules/uptime.py b/modules/uptime.py
index 5261639..09732cd 100755
--- a/modules/uptime.py
+++ b/modules/uptime.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import datetime
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from module import commands
-import tools.time
 
 
 def setup(bot):
diff --git a/tools/__init__.py b/tools.py
similarity index 77%
rename from tools/__init__.py
rename to tools.py
index c7b1a68..6caa8bc 100755
--- a/tools/__init__.py
+++ b/tools.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import re
 import argparse
 import threading
 from collections import defaultdict
+from datetime import datetime
 
 op_level = {
 	"voice":  1,
@@ -213,3 +214,48 @@ class FulviaArgparse(argparse.ArgumentParser):
 
 	def error(self, message):
 		raise argparse.ArgumentError(None, message)
+
+
+def relative_time(time_1, time_2):
+	"""
+	Returns a relative timestamp between `time_1` and `time_2`. Inputs
+	must be datetime objects.
+	"""
+	assert type(time_1) == datetime, "time_1 must be datetime object"
+	assert type(time_2) == datetime, "time_2 must be datetime object"
+
+	diff = time_1 - time_2
+	msg = []
+	if diff.days >= 365:
+		if diff.days // 365 > 1:
+			msg.append(f"{diff.days // 365} years")
+		else:
+			msg.append(f"{diff.days // 365} year")
+
+	if diff.days:
+		if diff.days > 1:
+			msg.append(f"{diff.days - (diff.days // 365)*365} days")
+		else:
+			msg.append(f"{diff.days} - (diff.days // 365)*365 day")
+
+	if not msg:
+		if diff.hours:
+			if diff.hours > 1:
+				msg.append(f"{diff.hours} hours")
+			else:
+				msg.append(f"{diff.hours} hour")
+
+		if diff.minutes:
+			if diff.minutes > 1:
+				msg.append(f"{diff.minutes} minutes")
+			else:
+				msg.append(f"{diff.minutes} minute")
+
+		if not diff.hours:
+			if diff.seconds > 1:
+				msg.append(f"{diff.seconds} seconds")
+			else:
+				msg.append(f"{diff.seconds} second")
+
+	msg = ", ".join(msg)
+	return msg
diff --git a/tools/time.py b/tools/time.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 8d4ca68..0000000
--- a/tools/time.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Tools for working with time.
-"""
-from datetime import datetime
-
-from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
-
-import config
-
-
-def relativeTime(time_1, time_2):
-	"""
-	Returns the relative time difference between 'time_1' and 'time_2'.
-	If either 'time_1' or 'time_2' is a string, it will be converted to a
-	datetime object according to the 'default_time_format' variable in the
-	config.
-	"""
-	t_format = config.default_time_format
-	if type(time_1) == str:
-		time_1 = datetime.strptime(time_1, t_format)
-	if type(time_2) == str:
-		time_2 = datetime.strptime(time_2, t_format)
-
-	msg = []
-	diff = relativedelta(time_1, time_2)
-	if diff.years:
-		if diff.years > 1:
-			msg.append(f"{diff.years} years")
-		else:
-			msg.append(f"{diff.years} year")
-
-	if diff.months:
-		if diff.months > 1:
-			msg.append(f"{diff.months} months")
-		else:
-			msg.append(f"{diff.months} month")
-
-	if diff.days:
-		if diff.days > 1:
-			msg.append(f"{diff.days} days")
-		else:
-			msg.append(f"{diff.days} day")
-
-	if not msg:
-		if diff.hours:
-			if diff.hours > 1:
-				msg.append(f"{diff.hours} hours")
-			else:
-				msg.append(f"{diff.hours} hour")
-
-		if diff.minutes:
-			if diff.minutes > 1:
-				msg.append(f"{diff.minutes} minutes")
-			else:
-				msg.append(f"{diff.minutes} minute")
-
-		if not diff.hours:
-			if diff.seconds > 1:
-				msg.append(f"{diff.seconds} seconds")
-			else:
-				msg.append(f"{diff.seconds} second")
-
-	msg = ", ".join(msg)
-	return msg