diff --git a/blocknumber.sh b/blocknumber.sh
index b6ee602f..9439b80d 100755
--- a/blocknumber.sh
+++ b/blocknumber.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+ms_to_human_readable() {
+    local ms=$1
+    local days=$((ms / 86400000))
+    ms=$((ms % 86400000))
+    local hours=$((ms / 3600000))
+    ms=$((ms % 3600000))
+    local minutes=$((ms / 60000))
+    ms=$((ms % 60000))
+    local seconds=$((ms / 1000))
+    local milliseconds=$((ms % 1000))
+    
+    printf "%d days, %02d hours, %02d minutes, %02d seconds, %03d milliseconds\n" $days $hours $minutes $seconds $milliseconds
+}
+
 BASEPATH="$(dirname "$0")"
 source $BASEPATH/.env
 
@@ -32,7 +46,17 @@ for path in $pathlist; do
 		latest_block_number=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.number')
 		latest_block_number_decimal=$((16#${latest_block_number#0x}))
 
-		echo "$latest_block_number_decimal"
+		latest_block_timestamp=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.timestamp')
+                latest_block_timestamp_decimal=$((16#${latest_block_timestamp#0x}))
+                current_time=$(date +%s)
+                time_difference=$((current_time - latest_block_timestamp_decimal))	       
+
+		if [[ $2 == "true" ]]; then
+		    ms_to_human_readable "$time_difference"
+		else
+		    echo "$latest_block_number_decimal"
+		fi
+		   
 		exit 0;
 	    fi
 	fi