diff --git a/formatting.cabal b/formatting.cabal
--- a/formatting.cabal
+++ b/formatting.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                formatting
-version:             3.1.2
+version:             3.1.3
 synopsis:            Combinator-based type-safe formatting (like printf() or FORMAT)
 description:         Combinator-based type-safe formatting (like printf() or FORMAT), modelled from the HoleyMonoids package.
 license:             BSD3
diff --git a/src/Formatting/Time.hs b/src/Formatting/Time.hs
--- a/src/Formatting/Time.hs
+++ b/src/Formatting/Time.hs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
   later (fromLazyText . diffed)
   where
     diffed (t1,t2) =
-      case find (\(s,_,_) -> abs ts >= s) ranges of
+      case find (\(s,_,_) -> abs ts >= s) (reverse ranges) of
         Nothing -> "unknown"
         Just (_,f,base) -> format (prefix % f % suffix) (toInt ts base)
       where ts = diffUTCTime t1 t2