Ask HN: '2 weeks ago' vs 'July 12, 2013 1:46pm' • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: '2 weeks ago' vs 'July 12, 2013 1:46pm'

#11

Post by seiji » Fri, Jul 26, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

ElongatedTowel wrote: post #10

seiji wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(serious question) How?

Moment.js is pretty useful if you do it client side.

Brilliant! I've been using timeago (http://timeago.yarp.com), but Moment.js (especially with its timezone support) may solve some of my problems better.

Re: Ask HN: '2 weeks ago' vs 'July 12, 2013 1:46pm'

#12

Post by keefe » Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 6:52 AM UTC

I prefer to see absolute time - if I'm commenting somewhere online, I'm probably not in tip-top cognitive shape and I usually check only every so often.

Re: Ask HN: '2 weeks ago' vs 'July 12, 2013 1:46pm'

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Post by chc » Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 7:37 AM UTC

tokenadult wrote: post #2

Is it hard to implement showing both? I like seeing both.

Obviously it isn't difficult to implement, but it does make the date take up a potentially unreasonable amount of design real estate.

Re: Ask HN: '2 weeks ago' vs 'July 12, 2013 1:46pm'

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Post by malandrew » Tue, Jul 30, 2013, 7:16 AM UTC

tokenadult wrote: post #2

Is it hard to implement showing both? I like seeing both.

Set it up so the date is clickable and clicking it toggles the mode. Also save the current mode to a preferences json object in localstorage for persistence.