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		jquast on Oct 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say... Why is nobody mentioning using a tenths decimal, like 1.1 days ago, 1.9 years ago, 2.5 weeks ago. That’s how I like to implement it!

poorlyknit on Oct 14, 2023 [–]

Instead of a decimal place I like to use the next smaller unit, i.e.

    1 day 2 hours ago
    1 year 10 months ago
    2 weeks 3 days ago

As a user "1.9 years" would have me scratching my head a bit.

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