Drew ThalerMay 15, 2023
Anton
Dear developers,
if you're outputting relative timestamps ("4 days ago"), please also include somehow the actual timestamp. The title-attribute in HTML would be a good starting point.
Yours truly,
a frustrated user looking for exact timestamps.
May 15, 2023 at 12:09pmWeb
Show threadAntonMay 15, 2023
Looking at you, wordpress.org plugin directory:
Show threadszescstopniMay 15, 2023
@antondollmaier Also, please stick to ISO 8601
Show threadStephen ThorneMay 16, 2023
@szescstopni @antondollmaier RFC3339 or HTML-WG dates.
Show threadAthena L.M.May 15, 2023
@antondollmaier (To second precision or finer, please!)
Show threadBèr Kessels 🐝 🚐 🏄 🌱May 16, 2023
@antondollmaier there's even a special HTML tag for this... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/time
<time>: The (Date) Time element - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

The <time> HTML element represents a specific period in time. It may include the datetime attribute to translate dates into machine-readable format, allowing for better search engine results or custom features such as reminders.

MDN Web Docs
Show threadJorge StolfiMay 19, 2023

@antondollmaier

People who write "4 days ago" on a fixed message or label will end up in the same Circle of Hell as those who name a file "<something>-new".

And they will meet there the guy who puts the caption "Recorded tonight" on Jimmy Kimmel's YouTube videos.

Show threadgunstickMay 20, 2023
@JorgeStolfi @antondollmaier it's like the sign 'back in 5 minutes' where the time starts the moment you read the sign.
Show threadAntonMay 20, 2023
@gunstick that's different. With dynamic websites, the text changes, the sign in the store won't.
Show threadKevin Karhan May 20, 2023
@antondollmaier or just use #Unixtime ffs since date %s provides that on basically all even remotely-#Posix compliant platforms.
Show threadThommyAug 21, 2024
@antondollmaier the worst is when it doesn't even get updated so if it's an old tab, the relative timestap is just way off