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Seeing as how SO's one year anniversary is coming soon, question and answer dates are going to need to display the year.

asked Jun 30, 2009 at 20:24
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    They're probably holding off on it until it's absolutely necessary. Remember with the bounty system, they didn't code the seven-day auto-accept until a couple of days after they rolled out the bounty system itself. Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:26
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    The yearling badge is probably not even programmed in :) Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:27
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    Olafur: Maybe in 6-8 weeks. Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:42

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If you hover the tool tip does show the year.

Currently in the non-tool tip display it displays:

  • seconds ago
  • minutes ago
  • hours ago
  • yesterday
  • Month Day at Time

I believe it would be good to show: DD/MM/YYYY (or some variant thereof) after the question is a year old.

answered Jun 30, 2009 at 20:27
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  • So it does. The information is there, they just haven't made it very visible yet. Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:29
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    Greasemonkey + jQuery: $("span.relativetime").each(function(){$(this).html($(this).attr("title"));}); Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:32
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    Nice. Now if only the date format was something sensible... Personally I'd like 30.6.2009 23:35 UTC, but ISO 8601 (2009年06月30日) would be fine too. Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:38
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This is already implemented. I should have searched uservoice first.

answered Jul 4, 2009 at 21:16
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    it is implemented but dormant in the code until dates are >= 360 days from the original dates. Commented Jul 12, 2009 at 6:18
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    link is dead :( Commented Jun 29, 2013 at 15:49
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How do you know it just doesn't hide the year if it is in the same year as the question anyway?

answered Jun 30, 2009 at 20:36
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    Better to ask rather than assume :) Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:40
  • Good point. It's quite possible this is already taken care of. Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:58
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    It has been answered on UV that it is already implemented and will show up when the site passes a year old. Commented Jun 30, 2009 at 20:59
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I would say:

  • Relative times (5 minutes 28 seconds ago) for questions under x-minutes
  • HH:MM:SS questions within 24 hours

And full dates beyond that.

answered Jun 30, 2009 at 20:27

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