Revision as of 00:10, 18 August 2025 edit Scsbot (talk \| contribs) Bots 246,632 edits edited by robot: adding date header(s) ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:11, 18 August 2025 edit undo Matrix (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Rollbackers, Template editors, Temporary account IP viewers 7,770 edits →Why do websites such as Reddit or LinkedIn display the approximate age (e.g. "two months ago") of a post instead of its exact date and time?: Reply Tag: Reply Next edit →
Line 84: :One reason is to not have to worry about timezones. If it says "posted at 12:21," is that at my local time, your local time, the server's local time, or some other time zone? If it says it was posted three hours ago, that's the same wherever you are in the world. [[User:Chuntuk\|Chuntuk]] ([[User talk:Chuntuk\|talk]]) 14:25, 14 August 2025 (UTC) :On Reddit, if you hover over the approximate age, you'll get the exact date and time, at least on the default "New Reddit" theme. [[User:-insert valid name here-\|-insert valid name here-]] ([[User talk:-insert valid name here-\|talk]]) 19:18, 15 August 2025 (UTC) :Usually you can inspect element and the full ISO date will be in the code AFAIK. —'''[[User:Matrix\|Matrix]]''' <sub>ping me</sub><sup>when u reply</sup> ([[User talk:Matrix\|t?]] - [[Special:Contribs/Matrix\|<sub></sub>c]]) 14:11, 18 August 2025 (UTC) = August 12 =

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