last post time

[Post Monkeh]

is there any way to change this to an actual time instead of "3 minutes ago"

[LookTJ]

I'd like to know if this is possible as well. I prefer 12 hour/24 hour format

like this is posted at 14:49

[dmizer]

If you edit your post, and look at the "go advanced" editor, you will see the actual time of your post.

[Post Monkeh]

i was wondering though if all posts could be displayed by actual time rather than relative time.

[magnus0]

I like the "x minutes ago" format better, because I don't know what the time is exactly all the time. It's just easier for me to read the relative time.

[lisati]

I like the "x minutes ago" format better, because I don't know what the time is exactly all the time. It's just easier for me to read the relative time.

+1: and it can help save the hassle of adjusting for different time zones.

[Post Monkeh]

i'm not asking the whole site to change.

we all select a time zone in our profiles anyway - what's the point unless we can display the actual time beside posts?

and anyway, i'd imagine it's nothing to do with the forum admin, it'll be the forum software in use, it's just be nice if there was an option to show a timestamp beside posts instead of just "1 minute ago" even if i haven't refreshed the page for 4 hours.

[LookTJ]

we all select a time zone in our profiles anyway - what's the point unless we can display the actual time beside posts?I'll be up for this idea(below) :)

Edit: I like the idea of selecting either actual time or relative time in our profile settings.

[Tipped OuT]

i like the "x minutes ago" format better, because i don't know what the time is exactly all the time. It's just easier for me to read the relative time.

+2

[Post Monkeh]

given that it takes all of 1 second to find out the current time (especially since most pcs have the time in plain view on the panel), yet it takes much more effort to find out when the page was last updated if all we have to go by is a last post time of "1 minute ago" even when the page hasn't been refreshed in a few hours, i still think my way is better and we should be given an option to do it if possible.
I'm seriously worried by the amount of people who seem to have a problem finding out the current time :-p

[Tipped OuT]

given that it takes all of 1 second to find out the current time (especially since most pcs have the time in plain view on the panel), yet it takes much more effort to find out when the page was last updated if all we have to go by is a last post time of "1 minute ago" even when the page hasn't been refreshed in a few hours, i still think my way is better and we should be given an option to do it if possible.
I'm seriously worried by the amount of people who seem to have a problem finding out the current time :-p

Well if they can't even figure out the time you posted this, then maybe they shouldn't even be on these forums... O:)



It's now 7:44 AM where I am, you posted this 5 hourse ago... hmm so you posted this about 2:44 AM, my time.

Simple math.

[The Toxic Mite]

Hey! I created a mock up if anybody's interested

[Bodsda]

Hey! I created a mock up if anybody's interested

You seem to enjoy posting mock ups way too much :)

And as for the time I personally prefer the 1 minute ago approach. It takes longer to check times in 24:00 or even 12:00 format then it does in relative time. For example, I could refresh a page and know that someone posted something 43 minutes ago a lot quicker then I could work it out if I posted at 14:15 and they posted at 13:32.

However, I would like to see a change to the longthier posts. At the moment a post might say 1 Hour ago, that could be 61 minutes or it could be 119 minutes. So a 1 Hour and 1 Minute approach would be cool.

Regards,
Bodsda

[Post Monkeh]

Hey! I created a mock up if anybody's interested

heathen! there's a real live time stamp on that post!

[Post Monkeh]

Well if they can't even figure out the time you posted this, then maybe they shouldn't even be on these forums... O:)



It's now 7:44 AM where I am, you posted this 5 hourse ago... hmm so you posted this about 2:44 AM, my time.

Simple math.

christ on a bike.

i normally don't sit posting on an internet forum all night. i have several other web pages/applications open.

i refresh these forums, and troll through the last few pages to see if anything interesting is happening. most recent last post time = 1 minute ago.

i then go and do some other things, and come back a few hours later. last post time still = 1 minute ago, despite the fact it was now several hours ago.
problem being is, i don't know EXACTLY how long ago it was since i refreshed, and when i refresh now, i have absolutely no idea how many pages back i have to go to ensure i'm not missing any new threads.
the simple fact is, it is easier to know when a thread or message was posted if it has a plain timestamp instead of a stamp of "1 minute ago"

unless that CONSTANTLY updates, it is wrong after 1 minute. if you think it is easier to disregard hundreds of years of human society and just forget about expressing time as a portion of a 24 hour clock, fine, but please at least try not to come across like a know it all when clearly you're not even attempting to see how my way might be better for ME.

fwiw, the "1 minute ago" approach works fine if you only want to look at the first page, or particular threads. when i'm away from the screen for a while, it's much easier to refresh a page knowing that everything after 15.36 is new, instead of trying to remember exactly how long ago i last refreshed to make sure i go far enough back to catch all the new threads.

christ almighty, i never realised people could be so in love with a system that they are so dead set against the option being there to have it a bit different.

maybe i'm just old and stuck in my ways, i just can't see how anybody could find it difficult to look at a screen and see it says "last post time = 15.36", refresh it, and then have a quick scan over the thread titles for everything that has been updated since 15.36 to see if anything interests them.

[Post Monkeh]

You seem to enjoy posting mock ups way too much :)

And as for the time I personally prefer the 1 minute ago approach. It takes longer to check times in 24:00 or even 12:00 format then it does in relative time. For example, I could refresh a page and know that someone posted something 43 minutes ago a lot quicker then I could work it out if I posted at 14:15 and they posted at 13:32.

However, I would like to see a change to the longthier posts. At the moment a post might say 1 Hour ago, that could be 61 minutes or it could be 119 minutes. So a 1 Hour and 1 Minute approach would be cool.

Regards,
Bodsda

i don't want to know how long ago particular posts are.

i want to know that when i was last at my laptop, it was 15.36, and that was the time of the last post. it is now 18.45. when i refresh, i can go back to page 2, or 3, or whatever, until the last post times are from before i last refreshed. that way i can check all the threads that have been updated since to see if there's anything new of interest.

currently, if i refresh at 15.36, i'll get a page with the last post time of "1 minute ago" if i come back at 18.45, the last post time will still say "1 minute ago", so unless i actually remember what time i last refreshed at, i have to go back until i come across a thread that isn't bolded, meaning it definitely hasn't been updated. that could mean me going back another 4 or 5 pages, which is a waste of 5 minutes of my very precious time.

[Tipped OuT]

maybe i'm just old and stuck in my ways

:-\"

If post times are that important to you, then... :-k I don't know what else to say to you sir.

[The Toxic Mite]

Right, here's another mock-up :P

[Tipped OuT]

Right, here's another mock-up :P

And I know that mock up is from my original post. :P

[bapoumba]

Just need to get used to the forums timestamp. At first, I got confused to but meh..

[SoftwareExplorer]

It would be nice to be able to whether it showed time posted, how long ago it was posted, or both. Where it would be most helpful is when you are reading a thread posted one year ago. How can you tell how close in time they are when they both say one year ago.

[LenW]

It would be nice to be able to whether it showed time posted, how long ago it was posted, or both. Where it would be most helpful is when you are reading a thread posted one year ago. How can you tell how close in time they are when they both say one year ago.

I agree totally. From this discussion it is very clear that both forms
have their fans, and some folks would like to see both.
(I personally, would like to see a full timestamp including date and time,
with the "ago" added where there is room.)

Can a moderator please shed some light on this subject:
- Why are some dates shown as actual dates and others as relative ("ago") ?
- Has it always been as it is currently, or has the format changed over time?
- Is this controlled by a setting that is made at the forum level,
or can it be arranged to have this set in the user's profile ?

-LenW

[lisati]

There is an aroma of burnt beans about this thread, and it's old. It has also probably run its course for now. Does it really matter how far apart posts were submitted in year-old threads?