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Both are not hard to implement. But exact timestamp has a timezone problem, while 'xx ago' is universal.

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  > Both are not hard to implement. But exact timestamp has a timezone problem Specify a timezone in the timestamp. UTC is probably fine, especially if you are doing both, in which case, the main value of timestamps (AFAICT) is to compare the relative times of other posts that are hard to determine from the prose descriptions.
• benologist 13y ago
  Make the timestamp relative to the viewer?
  • seiji 13y ago
    (serious question) How?
    • ElongatedTowel 13y ago
      Moment.js is pretty useful if you do it client side.
      • seiji 13y ago
        Brilliant! I've been using timeago (http://timeago.yarp.com http://timeago.yarp.com), but Moment.js (especially with its timezone support) may solve some of my problems better.