# Exact Read Time

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 14, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507 "2017-06-14T20:11:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Conor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/conor/32/205863_2.png) [@Conor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Conor)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507/1 "2017-06-14T20:11:12Z")

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It doesn’t look like it’s possible to check a user’s exact read time? Currently it only shows minutes, days, months, etc.

What about, when hovering over the read time on a user’s profile, it shows their exact read time, like 8d, 2h, 38m, for example?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507/2 "2017-06-14T20:15:41Z")

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The json load for /admin/users/list contains that rounded-off time, so it’s not trivial (e.g., just a CSS tweak) to get this data. It’s not clear that knowing someone has read 2 days and 23 minutes is that different from 2 days.

If it’s really important, you could get the data with the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507/3 "2024-05-24T06:03:50Z")

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See [Add title element to Time Read to show accurate number](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-element-to-time-read-to-show-accurate-number/309257)