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Not sure if this has been mentioned before.
One thing that irritated me for a while was seeing '1 hour ago' '2 hours ago' and such on posts. I like seeing the actual Date/Times, but maybe that's just me
I have had a look in the CP today and found the settings to change this, my query is on the naming of the options..
It appears that the 'Normal' setting will show a standard date/time of the post; such as 'Oct 27th, 2009, 06:00', 'Yesterday/Today' will do what it says, and 'Detailed' will show the '1 hour ago' '2 hours ago' and such.
Personally, I would expect the results of the Normal and Detailed to be reversed, to me, detailed means more information, which would be the actual timestamp, not just 1 hour ago
Just my thoughts
One thing that irritated me for a while was seeing '1 hour ago' '2 hours ago' and such on posts. I like seeing the actual Date/Times, but maybe that's just me
I have had a look in the CP today and found the settings to change this, my query is on the naming of the options..
It appears that the 'Normal' setting will show a standard date/time of the post; such as 'Oct 27th, 2009, 06:00', 'Yesterday/Today' will do what it says, and 'Detailed' will show the '1 hour ago' '2 hours ago' and such.
Personally, I would expect the results of the Normal and Detailed to be reversed, to me, detailed means more information, which would be the actual timestamp, not just 1 hour ago
Just my thoughts
Last edited by Will Gresham; 33 Days Ago at 3:01 am.
AJAX is not a programming language, scripting language or any other sort of language.
It is acheived by using JavaScript http functions.
So, AJAX = JavaScript.
It is acheived by using JavaScript http functions.
So, AJAX = JavaScript.
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#2 33 Days Ago
I believe your expectation used to be the default behavior. The new default was an "upgrade" a while back. The compromise you see is the result of some complainin'. (If I remember things correctly.)
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#3 30 Days Ago
Yes I prefer to have the times be relative (X minutes ago, X hours ago, X days ago) because everyone on DaniWeb is from a different time zone (and only a small handful of members change their time zones in their profiles, nevermind all the guests). Therefore, this is the only way to ensure that the times are meaningful to everyone.
I prefer to have the times be relative (X minutes ago, X hours ago, X days ago) because everyone on DaniWeb is from a different time zone (and only a small handful of members change their time zones in their profiles, nevermind all the guests). Therefore, this is the only way to ensure that the times are meaningful to everyone. 0
#4 30 Days Ago
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Originally Posted by cscgal 
Yes
I was mainly wondering why the full time was called 'Normal' and the x hours ago called 'Detailed'
AJAX is not a programming language, scripting language or any other sort of language.
It is acheived by using JavaScript http functions.
So, AJAX = JavaScript.
It is acheived by using JavaScript http functions.
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#5 17 Days Ago
That's simply the terminology that the vBulletin forum system uses.
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