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> Github doesn't show timestamps in the UI, but they do in the HTML.

Unrelated tip for you: `title` attributes are generally shown as a mouseover tooltip, which is the case here. It's a very common practice to put the precise timestamp on any relative time in a title attribute, not just on Github.



Unfortunately title isn't visible on mobile. Extremely annoying to see a post that says "last month" and want to know if it was 7 weeks ago or 5 weeks ago. Some sites show title text when you tap the text, other sites the date is a canonical link to the comment. Other sites it's not actually a title at all l but alt text or abbr or other property.


Unrelated too: Not everything can be a fit for mobile. Sigh.


Oh nice. Yea I was annoyed it didn't show the actual timestamp. But suppose I didn't hover long enough.




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