diff --git a/app_utils/utils.py b/app_utils/utils.py
index fa02de393a..5dde028ff9 100644
--- a/app_utils/utils.py
+++ b/app_utils/utils.py
@@ -1348,9 +1348,12 @@ def get_experiments_info(df: DataFrame, q: Q) -> DefaultDict:
                     if eta == 0:
                         eta = ""
                     else:
+                        # if more than one day, show days
+                        # need to subtract 1 day from time_took since strftime shows
+                        # day of year which starts counting at 1
                         if eta > 86400:
                             eta = time.strftime(
-                                "%-jd %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(float(eta))
+                                "%-jd %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(float(eta - 86400))
                             )
                         else:
                             eta = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(float(eta)))
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 051650e98b..0f9c4f3427 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -701,8 +701,11 @@ def run(cfg: Any) -> None:
         write_flag(flag_path, "status", "finished")
         time_took = time.time() - global_start_time
         if time_took > 86400:
+            # if more than one day, show days
+            # need to subtract 1 day from time_took since strftime shows day of year
+            # which starts counting at 1
             time_took_formatted = time.strftime(
-                "%-jd %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(float(time_took))
+                "%-jd %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(float(time_took - 86400))
             )
         else:
             time_took_formatted = time.strftime(