Aaron Parecki personal blog
Why you should not be displaying relative dates.
Every time I see a web app display a date as "30 minutes ago" I cringe a little. This was cute 10 years ago when rapid publishing on the web was new, but there are a number of problems with this.
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On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2012 | Why you should not be displaying relative dates. by caseorganic | 213 | 155 |
