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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by 9dev on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:33AM (#37888331)
Isn’t it nice to see people deduct in real time why many sites use relative timestamps?

For most people, exact time doesn’t even really matter — it’s about estimating a broad chronological context for the most part. I’d just wish the UI would have a universal and easily accessible way to disclose the exact time when I actually need it.

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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by funcDropShadow on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:39PM (#37893202)
> Isn’t it nice to see people deduct in real time why many sites use relative timestamps?

But that is throwing out the baby with the bath water. The existence of multiple locally used data formats is no reason replace information with this oversimplified nonsense. Browser can and used to provide the locale with every request. That is enough information to format a data such that it is readable to the user.

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