This isn't just a "problem" with computers and fuzzy "<time ago>" labels. Humans do this, too. The worst is when people use inappropriately long periods, for ex

This isn't just a "problem" with computers and fuzzy "<time ago>" labels. Humans do this, too. The worst is when people use inappropriately long periods, for example when a reporter says something like "Joe Criminal was convicted last month of XYZ", when "last month" means some time in the previous few days that happened to fall in the previous month (this kind of thing happens a lot). It takes more effort to come up with that bullshit than to simply be more precise.