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teytra on July 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Eza: A modern, maintained replacement for ls

But if exact dates/time is shown you have the possibility to mentally subtract one hour from what the time is, and look for that.

With 1 hour/week/month/year you cannot go the other way, it is too vague.

But web pages and apps should provide a quick and easy way of changing between the too formats.

fuzztester on July 23, 2024 | [–]

>With 1 hour/week/month/year you cannot go the other way, it is too vague.

It's not just too vague, it's impossible in general.

think about it, first, those who disagree.

fuzztester on July 23, 2024 | [–]

yes, that's exactly what I said here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41039675

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