diff --git a/ui/src/App.css b/ui/src/App.css
index 8b908d5..1c69a9f 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.css
+++ b/ui/src/App.css
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 .App {
+}
+
+.countdown-area {
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size: 2rem;
 }
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diff --git a/ui/src/App.js b/ui/src/App.js
index f27ad68..bb625c7 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.js
+++ b/ui/src/App.js
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import { Container, Form } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NotificationsArea from './components/NotificationsArea.js';
-import APIAddressField from './components/APIAddressField';
-import PourTimeField from './components/PourTimeField';
-import SystemControls from './components/SystemControls';
-import SystemStatusArea from './components/SystemStatusArea';
+import APIAddressField from './components/APIAddressField.js';
+import PourTimeField from './components/PourTimeField.js';
+import SystemControls from './components/SystemControls.js';
+import SystemStatusArea from './components/SystemStatusArea.js';
+import CurrentOperationInfoArea from './components/CurrentOperationInfoArea.js';
 
 function App({ isConnected }) {
-  // TODO: Add a fake countdown timer of timeLeft
   return (
     <Container className="App">
       <h1>Tea System UI</h1>
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function App({ isConnected }) {
         {isConnected ? (
           <>
             <PourTimeField />
+            <CurrentOperationInfoArea />
             <SystemControls />
           </>
         ) : null}
diff --git a/ui/src/Utils/time.js b/ui/src/Utils/time.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..248738e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/Utils/time.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+function toTimeStr(diff) {
+  const seconds = Math.floor(diff / 1000);
+  const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
+  const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
+
+  const secondsStr = (seconds % 60).toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  const minutesStr = (minutes % 60).toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  const hoursStr = hours.toString().padStart(2, '0');
+
+  return `${hoursStr}:${minutesStr}:${secondsStr}`;
+}
+
+export function timeBetweenAsString({endTime=null, startTime=null}) {
+  if (null === startTime) startTime = new Date();
+  if (null === endTime) endTime = new Date();
+
+  const diff = endTime - startTime; // in ms
+  if (diff < 0) return '-' + toTimeStr(-diff);
+  return toTimeStr(diff);
+}
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diff --git a/ui/src/api/CWaterPumpAPI.js b/ui/src/api/CWaterPumpAPI.js
index 2942d15..d77098f 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/CWaterPumpAPI.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/CWaterPumpAPI.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function preprocessResponse(response) {
   response.updated = Date.now();
   // difference between current time on client and time on device
   response.timeDelta = response.updated - response.time;
+  // TODO: add field response.pump.estimatedEndTime
   return response;
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/components/CurrentOperationInfoArea.js b/ui/src/components/CurrentOperationInfoArea.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4ed46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/components/CurrentOperationInfoArea.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { connect } from "react-redux";
+import TimerArea from "./TimerArea";
+
+export function CurrentOperationInfoAreaComponent({
+  isRunning, estimatedEndTime
+}) {
+  if (!isRunning) return null;
+  return (
+    <div className="countdown-area">
+      <TimerArea startTime={null} endTime={estimatedEndTime} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  state => ({
+    isRunning: state.systemStatus.pump.running,
+    estimatedEndTime: state.systemStatus.pump.estimatedEndTime,
+  }),
+  []
+)(CurrentOperationInfoAreaComponent);
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diff --git a/ui/src/components/SystemStatusArea.js b/ui/src/components/SystemStatusArea.js
index 1279b0b..b95373f 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/SystemStatusArea.js
+++ b/ui/src/components/SystemStatusArea.js
@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Card } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-
-// time elapsed since last update
-function TimeElapsedComponent({ updated }) {
-  const [diffString, setDiffString] = React.useState('');  
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    const interval = setInterval(() => {
-      const now = new Date();
-      const diff = now - updated;
-      const newDiffString = new Date(diff).toISOString().substr(11, 8);
-      setDiffString(newDiffString);
-    }, 1000);
-
-    return () => clearInterval(interval);
-  }, [updated]);
-
-  return (
-    <span>{diffString}</span>
-  );
-}
+import TimerArea from '../components/TimerArea';
 
 function _systemStatus(status) {  
   if (null === status) {
@@ -30,7 +12,7 @@ function _systemStatus(status) {
   return (
     <>
       <strong>Time since last update:</strong>{' '}
-        <TimeElapsedComponent updated={status.updated} />
+        <TimerArea startTime={status.updated} />
       <br />
       <strong>Pump Running:</strong> {pump.running ? "Yes" : "No"}<br />
       <strong>Time Left:</strong> {pump.timeLeft} ms
diff --git a/ui/src/components/TimerArea.js b/ui/src/components/TimerArea.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb0a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/components/TimerArea.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { timeBetweenAsString } from "../Utils/time";
+
+export function TimerArea({ startTime=null, endTime=null, interval=450 }) {
+  const [countdown, setCountdown] = React.useState('');
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const tid = setInterval(() => {
+      setCountdown(timeBetweenAsString({ startTime, endTime }));
+    }, interval);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(tid);
+  }, [startTime, endTime, interval]);
+
+  return (
+    <span className="timer-area">
+      {countdown}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+export default TimerArea;
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diff --git a/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js b/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js
index 4910334..745cf4f 100644
--- a/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js
+++ b/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const stopPump = createAsyncThunk(
 
 // slice for system status
 const bindStatus = (state, action) => {
-  return preprocessSystemStatus(action.payload);
+  return action.payload;
 };
 
 export const SystemStatusSlice = createSlice({