Time stamp again

Undertoad · 07-30-2006, 10:32 PM

It's been a day of polling, but I'd like the Monday folks to weigh in.

07-31-2006, 01:29 AM

I prefer the date & time system to the ago system simply because it's more convenient for establishing, by date association, the time lapse between when someone posts a message and any dated material (e.g. newspaper, magazine, and web page articles ... etc.) that may be quoted from or linked to in the message. It's more convenient and more accurate for determining the dates of posts and time intervals between posts that are 1-4 weeks old should precisely dating those posts (i.e. information therein) become important for any reason. Otherwise, there isn't much difference between the two systems; unless, I forget to take my Ginkgo and the ago system gets me all confuzzled ... (oops, missed another dose).

View Poll Results: Which time stamp do you prefer?
Time and date	28	71.79%
Ago	8	20.51%
Don't care	3	7.69%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

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07-30-2006, 10:32 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's been a day of polling, but I'd like the Monday folks to weigh in.

07-31-2006, 01:29 AM	#2
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	I prefer the date & time system to the ago system simply because it's more convenient for establishing, by date association, the time lapse between when someone posts a message and any dated material (e.g. newspaper, magazine, and web page articles ... etc.) that may be quoted from or linked to in the message. It's more convenient and more accurate for determining the dates of posts and time intervals between posts that are 1-4 weeks old should precisely dating those posts (i.e. information therein) become important for any reason. Otherwise, there isn't much difference between the two systems; unless, I forget to take my Ginkgo and the ago system gets me all confuzzled ... (oops, missed another dose).

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