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The problem with this is that the dev cannot know which calculation I need!

• tome 3y ago
  Right, and that's the case with every feature implemented in software. Showing both the precise datetime of creation and a "human readable ago" seems to cover a lot of bases that users seem to like, though. Recall, we're commenting on a thread that's proposing removing a feature that already exists (so presumably people want it).
  • myk9001 3y ago
    The idea of rendering relative dates instead of the actual dates caught up about 10 maybe 15 years ago (a relative date here, yes). I think -- but don't take my word for it -- it was Jeff Atwood who started advocating for it. So we might be talking not about removing a feature, but correcting a mistake here :)