Inconsistent "CREATED" values between CLI and Docker Desktop

Comienza con HumanDuration en github.com/docker/go-units duration.go, en las líneas 28-32, y luego sigue cómo la CLI formatea los valores CREATED para docker image ls, docker buildx history ls y docker model ls. Reproduce los casos de días y semanas fraccionarios y compáralos con Docker Desktop; el trabajo estará terminado cuando los clientes utilicen de forma coherente el comportamiento de redondeo o truncamiento acordado.

Description

I’ve noticed different values being shown in the CLI and Docker Desktop for the "CREATED" fields. This only occurs when the time since creation falls into days, weeks, or months, specifically when we’re partway through those ranges (e.g., 2.7 days or 3.8 weeks).

❯ docker image ls --format table
REPOSITORY               TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED       SIZE
docker-cli-dev           latest    3ece421df299   2 hours ago   841MB
hello-world              latest    452a468a4bf9   3 days ago    22.6kB   // days: 3.958333
mcp/youtube-transcript   latest    11c974d411d7   12 days ago   323MB    // days: 12.583333

And here’s the output from Docker Desktop:

I figured out that this is a rounding issue in HumanDuration function from github.com/docker/go-units.
https://github.com/docker/go-units/blob/2d3bf9345579283aa6711d362a19f6cf222e3924/duration.go#L28-L32

I’m not sure if showing rounded values in the UI and floored values in the CLI is a deliberate choice.

Also worth noting: this isn’t limited to docker image ls. The same behavior appears in other commands like docker buildx history ls, docker model ls, etc.

Reproduce

1. Run docker model pull embeddinggemma:300M-Q8_0.
2. Run docker model ls.
3. Compare the CREATED value with Docker Desktop, or see the “Last updated” on this page

Expected behavior

We should either display rounded values on both clients, or display floored values on both clients.

docker version

Client:
 Version:           29.3.1
 API version:       1.54
 Go version:        go1.25.8
 Git commit:        c2be9cc
 Built:             Wed Mar 25 16:12:49 2026
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.66.1 (222799)
 Engine:
  Version:          29.3.1
  API version:      1.54 (minimum version 1.40)
  Go version:       go1.25.8
  Git commit:       f78c987
  Built:            Wed Mar 25 16:14:30 2026
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v2.2.1
  GitCommit:        dea7da592f5d1d2b7755e3a161be07f43fad8f75
 runc:
  Version:          1.3.4
  GitCommit:        v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    29.3.1
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  agent: Docker AI Agent Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.32.4
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-agent
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.20.1
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.32.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v5.1.0
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.47
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.3.0
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  dhi: CLI for managing Docker Hardened Images (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.0-alpha
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dhi
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.31
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.40.1
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-mcp
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.1.5
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model
  offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.5.73
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-offload
  pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.24
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-pass
  sandbox: Docker Sandbox (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.12.0
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sandbox
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.20.2
    Path:     /Users/AnGali/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 2
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 2
 Images: 3
 Server Version: 29.3.1
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: dea7da592f5d1d2b7755e3a161be07f43fad8f75
 runc version: v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.12.76-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 14
 Total Memory: 7.652GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 83986478-849c-4f57-9664-d3e530311ba7
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/AnGali/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false
 Firewall Backend: iptables

Additional Info

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