diff --git a/src/common/entity/timer_time_remaining.ts b/src/common/entity/timer_time_remaining.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b2f54654d..0000000000
--- a/src/common/entity/timer_time_remaining.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { HassEntity } from "home-assistant-js-websocket";
-import durationToSeconds from "../datetime/duration_to_seconds";
-
-export const timerTimeRemaining = (
-  stateObj: HassEntity
-): undefined | number => {
-  if (!stateObj.attributes.remaining) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  let timeRemaining = durationToSeconds(stateObj.attributes.remaining);
-
-  if (stateObj.state === "active") {
-    const now = new Date().getTime();
-    const madeActive = new Date(stateObj.last_changed).getTime();
-    timeRemaining = Math.max(timeRemaining - (now - madeActive) / 1000, 0);
-  }
-
-  return timeRemaining;
-};
diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-state-label-badge.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-state-label-badge.ts
index 7bed0b3002..eaa8f89c53 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-state-label-badge.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-state-label-badge.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { computeStateDomain } from "../../common/entity/compute_state_domain";
 import { computeStateName } from "../../common/entity/compute_state_name";
 import { domainIcon } from "../../common/entity/domain_icon";
 import { stateIcon } from "../../common/entity/state_icon";
-import { timerTimeRemaining } from "../../common/entity/timer_time_remaining";
+import { timerTimeRemaining } from "../../data/timer";
 import { formatNumber } from "../../common/string/format_number";
 import { UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN } from "../../data/entity";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
diff --git a/src/data/timer.ts b/src/data/timer.ts
index a963d64ea3..cff601b60a 100644
--- a/src/data/timer.ts
+++ b/src/data/timer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import {
+  HassEntity,
   HassEntityAttributeBase,
   HassEntityBase,
 } from "home-assistant-js-websocket";
+import durationToSeconds from "../common/datetime/duration_to_seconds";
+import secondsToDuration from "../common/datetime/seconds_to_duration";
+import { computeStateDisplay } from "../common/entity/compute_state_display";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../types";
 
 export type TimerEntity = HassEntityBase & {
@@ -55,3 +59,46 @@ export const deleteTimer = (hass: HomeAssistant, id: string) =>
     type: "timer/delete",
     timer_id: id,
   });
+
+export const timerTimeRemaining = (
+  stateObj: HassEntity
+): undefined | number => {
+  if (!stateObj.attributes.remaining) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  let timeRemaining = durationToSeconds(stateObj.attributes.remaining);
+
+  if (stateObj.state === "active") {
+    const now = new Date().getTime();
+    const madeActive = new Date(stateObj.last_changed).getTime();
+    timeRemaining = Math.max(timeRemaining - (now - madeActive) / 1000, 0);
+  }
+
+  return timeRemaining;
+};
+
+export const computeDisplayTimer = (
+  hass: HomeAssistant,
+  stateObj: HassEntity,
+  timeRemaining?: number
+): string | null => {
+  if (!stateObj) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (stateObj.state === "idle" || timeRemaining === 0) {
+    return computeStateDisplay(hass.localize, stateObj, hass.locale);
+  }
+
+  let display = secondsToDuration(timeRemaining || 0);
+
+  if (stateObj.state === "paused") {
+    display = `${display} (${computeStateDisplay(
+      hass.localize,
+      stateObj,
+      hass.locale
+    )})`;
+  }
+
+  return display;
+};
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-timer-entity-row.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-timer-entity-row.ts
index 4ebc4ca14b..a06eeb9905 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-timer-entity-row.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/entity-rows/hui-timer-entity-row.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { HassEntity } from "home-assistant-js-websocket";
 import { html, LitElement, PropertyValues, TemplateResult } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property, state } from "lit/decorators";
-import secondsToDuration from "../../../common/datetime/seconds_to_duration";
-import { timerTimeRemaining } from "../../../common/entity/timer_time_remaining";
+import { computeDisplayTimer, timerTimeRemaining } from "../../../data/timer";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
 import { hasConfigOrEntityChanged } from "../common/has-changed";
 import "../components/hui-generic-entity-row";
@@ -58,7 +57,9 @@ class HuiTimerEntityRow extends LitElement {
 
     return html`
       <hui-generic-entity-row .hass=${this.hass} .config=${this._config}>
-        <div class="text-content">${this._computeDisplay(stateObj)}</div>
+        <div class="text-content">
+          ${computeDisplayTimer(this.hass, stateObj, this._timeRemaining)}
+        </div>
       </hui-generic-entity-row>
     `;
   }
@@ -111,26 +112,6 @@ class HuiTimerEntityRow extends LitElement {
   private _calculateRemaining(stateObj: HassEntity): void {
     this._timeRemaining = timerTimeRemaining(stateObj);
   }
-
-  private _computeDisplay(stateObj: HassEntity): string | null {
-    if (!stateObj) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    if (stateObj.state === "idle" || this._timeRemaining === 0) {
-      return (
-        this.hass!.localize(`state.timer.${stateObj.state}`) || stateObj.state
-      );
-    }
-
-    let display = secondsToDuration(this._timeRemaining || 0);
-
-    if (stateObj.state === "paused") {
-      display += ` (${this.hass!.localize("state.timer.paused")})`;
-    }
-
-    return display;
-  }
 }
 
 declare global {
diff --git a/src/state-summary/state-card-timer.js b/src/state-summary/state-card-timer.js
index 17d39fde5c..a517a52da1 100644
--- a/src/state-summary/state-card-timer.js
+++ b/src/state-summary/state-card-timer.js
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import "@polymer/iron-flex-layout/iron-flex-layout-classes";
 import { html } from "@polymer/polymer/lib/utils/html-tag";
 /* eslint-plugin-disable lit */
 import { PolymerElement } from "@polymer/polymer/polymer-element";
-import secondsToDuration from "../common/datetime/seconds_to_duration";
-import { timerTimeRemaining } from "../common/entity/timer_time_remaining";
 import "../components/entity/state-info";
+import { computeDisplayTimer, timerTimeRemaining } from "../data/timer";
 
 class StateCardTimer extends PolymerElement {
   static get template() {
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ class StateCardTimer extends PolymerElement {
           margin-left: 16px;
           text-align: right;
           line-height: 40px;
+          white-space: nowrap;
         }
       </style>
 
@@ -90,10 +90,8 @@ class StateCardTimer extends PolymerElement {
     this.timeRemaining = timerTimeRemaining(stateObj);
   }
 
-  _displayState(time, stateObj) {
-    return time
-      ? secondsToDuration(time)
-      : this.hass.localize(`state.timer.${stateObj.state}`) || stateObj.state;
+  _displayState(timeRemaining, stateObj) {
+    return computeDisplayTimer(this.hass, stateObj, timeRemaining);
   }
 }
 customElements.define("state-card-timer", StateCardTimer);
diff --git a/test-mocha/common/entity/timer_time_remaining_test.ts b/test-mocha/common/entity/timer_time_remaining_test.ts
index 3fb7632869..8c1ce07e00 100644
--- a/test-mocha/common/entity/timer_time_remaining_test.ts
+++ b/test-mocha/common/entity/timer_time_remaining_test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { assert } from "chai";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 
-import { timerTimeRemaining } from "../../../src/common/entity/timer_time_remaining";
+import { timerTimeRemaining } from "../../../src/data/timer";
 
 describe("timerTimeRemaining", () => {
   it("works with idle timers", () => {