diff --git a/Process.c b/Process.c
index 77e78f047..cb779749f 100644
--- a/Process.c
+++ b/Process.c
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ void Process_printTime(RichString* str, unsigned long long totalHundredths, bool
       int years = days / 365;
       int daysLeft = days - 365 * years;
 
-      if (daysLeft >= 100) {
+      if (years >= 10000000) {
+         RichString_appendnAscii(str, yearColor, "eternity ", 9);
+      } else if (years >= 1000) {
+         len = xSnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%7dy ", years);
+         RichString_appendnAscii(str, yearColor, buffer, len);
+      } else if (daysLeft >= 100) {
          len = xSnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%3dy", years);
          RichString_appendnAscii(str, yearColor, buffer, len);
          len = xSnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%3dd ", daysLeft);
@@ -871,7 +876,15 @@ void Process_writeField(const Process* this, RichString* str, ProcessField field
       Process_printLeftAlignedField(str, attr, cwd, 25);
       return;
    }
-   case ELAPSED: Process_printTime(str, /* convert to hundreds of a second */ this->processList->realtimeMs / 10 - 100 * this->starttime_ctime, coloring); return;
+   case ELAPSED: {
+      const uint64_t rt = this->processList->realtimeMs;
+      const uint64_t st = this->starttime_ctime * 1000;
+      const uint64_t dt =
+         rt < st ? 0 :
+         rt - st;
+      Process_printTime(str, /* convert to hundreds of a second */ dt / 10, coloring);
+      return;
+   }
    case MAJFLT: Process_printCount(str, this->majflt, coloring); return;
    case MINFLT: Process_printCount(str, this->minflt, coloring); return;
    case M_RESIDENT: Process_printKBytes(str, this->m_resident, coloring); return;
diff --git a/freebsd/FreeBSDProcessList.c b/freebsd/FreeBSDProcessList.c
index 54697116a..f58f33873 100644
--- a/freebsd/FreeBSDProcessList.c
+++ b/freebsd/FreeBSDProcessList.c
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ void ProcessList_goThroughEntries(ProcessList* super, bool pauseProcessUpdate) {
          proc->pgrp = kproc->ki_pgid;
          proc->st_uid = kproc->ki_uid;
          proc->starttime_ctime = kproc->ki_start.tv_sec;
+         if (proc->starttime_ctime < 0) {
+            proc->starttime_ctime = super->realtimeMs / 1000;
+         }
          Process_fillStarttimeBuffer(proc);
          proc->user = UsersTable_getRef(super->usersTable, proc->st_uid);
          ProcessList_add(super, proc);