diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpRender.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpRender.kt
index 5a898c4e03..9acc19fe61 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpRender.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpRender.kt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip52Calendar.appt.day.CalendarDateSlotEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip52Calendar.appt.tags.RSVPStatusTag
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip52Calendar.appt.time.CalendarTimeSlotEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip52Calendar.rsvp.CalendarRSVPEvent
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.TimeUtils
 
 /**
  * Entry for a NIP-52 calendar RSVP: decodes the [Note], makes sure the appointment it answers is
@@ -138,10 +139,13 @@ private fun RsvpWithAppointment(
     val range = remember(appointmentEvent) { formatCalendarRange(appointment, context) }
     val relative = rememberRelativeTimeLabel(view, appointmentEvent?.id)
     val route = remember(appointment) { detailRouteFor(appointment) }
+    // Past a week the relative formatter falls back to a plain date ("October 31"), which the
+    // badge and the time line right below already show, so the strip says nothing instead.
+    val startsWithinAWeek = remember(view.startSeconds) { startsWithinAWeek(view.startSeconds, TimeUtils.now()) }
 
     CalendarRsvpCard(
         event = event,
-        statusDetail = relative,
+        statusDetail = relative?.takeIf { startsWithinAWeek },
         onClick = { nav.nav(route) },
     ) {
         val image = view.image
@@ -171,6 +175,15 @@ private fun RsvpWithAppointment(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether [startSeconds] is close enough for "in 3 days" to say something the date does not:
+ * anything that has started, or starts within a week. A missing start has no phrase at all.
+ */
+internal fun startsWithinAWeek(
+    startSeconds: Long?,
+    nowSeconds: Long,
+): Boolean = startSeconds != null && startSeconds - nowSeconds <= TimeUtils.ONE_WEEK
+
 private val CoverImageModifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().aspectRatio(2f)
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpStripLabelTest.kt b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpStripLabelTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d446d6eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/CalendarRsvpStripLabelTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vitor Pamplona
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+ * Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.types
+
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.TimeUtils
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * The RSVP strip's "in 3 days" label only shows while it says something the date does not: past
+ * a week the formatter falls back to the same date the badge already shows.
+ */
+class CalendarRsvpStripLabelTest {
+    private val now = 1_800_000_000L
+
+    @Test
+    fun showsForAnEventWithinAWeek() {
+        assertTrue(startsWithinAWeek(now + 3 * TimeUtils.ONE_DAY, now))
+        assertTrue(startsWithinAWeek(now + TimeUtils.ONE_WEEK, now))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun showsForAnEventThatAlreadyStarted() {
+        assertTrue(startsWithinAWeek(now - TimeUtils.ONE_HOUR, now))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun hidesPastAWeekAndWithoutAStart() {
+        assertFalse(startsWithinAWeek(now + TimeUtils.ONE_WEEK + 1, now))
+        assertFalse(startsWithinAWeek(now + 33 * TimeUtils.ONE_DAY, now))
+        assertFalse(startsWithinAWeek(null, now))
+    }
+}