Airport Status Shows Minutes Connected

My airport status indicator is not only showing bars, it is showing minutes connected. As I am always connected, I find this incredibly annoying. It also takes up valuable menu bar space. If I click off "show airport status" the minutes go away, but so do the bars. I want the bars, but not the minutes. Can anyone help?

I apologize for my short response, especially since you're absolutely right - I could swear there was an option somewhere in Airport Admin Utility that shows time connected, but after posting my hasty response I can't find it either! So who's stupid now?
I realize you have 10.5. I only downloaded Airport Utility after reading your question. Airport Utility basically replaces 10.4.x's Airport Admin Utility I referenced. I haven't Airport Utitliy it yet but I'll post back when I find the equivalent function. It's gotta be there somewhere.

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