# Insert Date / Time Question
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792 "2020-02-05T22:34:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/1 "2020-02-05T22:34:15Z")
When entering a date/time for today, it shows up as 
The next day, it shows as 
Then - 
Finally, it shows the actual date / time 
Would it be possible to skip all that stuff and just always show the date & time?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/2 "2020-02-06T00:20:23Z")
At the moment there is no option. Can you expand on why you see the current behavior a problem? Reasoning about the word “Yesterday” seems easier to me that `Feb 1`
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### Author:  [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/3 "2020-02-06T01:24:53Z")
All of our articles that we post have the date & time, some are just part of the article and other we input using this function.
While it’s not necessarily a “problem”, the use of “Last [Day]” has sparked some discussion. A few people have wondered if that meant the previous week. I realize it changes to the date when 48 hours have passed, it’s just the wording that is causing the confusion.
The “Last Monday” for some reason makes people think those are last weeks’ articles and not two days ago articles.
The “Today” and “Yesterday” are fine; although just the date would be preferable.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/4 "2020-02-06T01:35:49Z")
> [@Slowhand](#):
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> The “Last Monday” for some reason makes people think those are last weeks’ articles and not two days ago articles.
I totally get this can be confusing. “Last Monday” can be very ambiguous. @j.jaffeux how do we trigger that? I can not seem to trigger a “Last Monday” using preview?
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### Author:  [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/5 "2020-02-06T01:46:58Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> I can not seem to trigger a “Last Monday” using preview?
It has to have been less than 48 hours ago.
2020-02-04T05:00:00Z
(Screenshot of that ^ when I posted it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/6 "2020-02-06T10:30:44Z")
I’ve never seen this “last monday” verbiage before. I don’t support any change to the current behavior.
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### Author:  [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/7 "2020-02-06T14:30:46Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I’ve never seen this “last monday” verbiage before
I assure you it’s there, here’s an example of what we have today.
I understand that you don’t want to change anything, and I thank you for your input. I’ll just have to keep on explaining it to people.
Again, thanks.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/8 "2020-02-06T16:15:12Z")
> [@Slowhand](#):
>
> It has to have been less than 48 hours ago
Yes, it happens if the date is less than 48 hour ago. (or for dates in the future, until the ‘end of tomorrow’ in your timezone)
You can control it with the `calendar=` variable
### Default
```plaintext
[date=2020-02-04 time=18:00:00 timezone="Europe/London"]
```
2020-02-04T18:00:00Z
(screenshot for future reference: 
### With calendar=off
```plaintext
[date=2020-02-04 time=18:00:00 timezone="Europe/London" calendar=off]
```
2020-02-04T18:00:00Z
(screenshot for future reference  )
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### Author:  [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/9 "2020-02-06T16:16:53Z")
Ah! Thank you very much! This helps!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/10 "2020-02-07T06:30:00Z")
I’m not saying don’t change anything, I tend to agree “last tuesday” is a bit overly verbose.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/11 "2020-02-07T06:45:38Z")
@j.jaffeux any objections to me stripping Last Monday etc… out and just leaving Yesterday and Tomorrow? Seems like an easy change to me.
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/12 "2020-02-07T07:01:41Z")
Not objections 🙂
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### Author:  [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/14 "2020-02-07T18:00:02Z")
> [@sam](#):
>
> just leaving Yesterday and Tomorrow?
LOL - Yesterday and Today, I think you mean. 😉
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/15 "2020-02-07T18:07:37Z")
Maybe leave yesterday, today, and tomorrow? I think they’re all pretty clear?
2020-02-08T17:00:00Z
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/16 "2020-02-08T03:10:02Z")
Yes absolutely, that is good and not ambiguous
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### Author:  [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/17 "2020-05-23T16:46:54Z")
I’m wondering about the ability to just display a time + timezone without a date ala `7:30AM PST`.
`[time=07:30:00 timezone="America/Los_Angeles"]`
rather than
`[date=2020-05-23 time=07:30:00 timezone="America/Los_Angeles"]`
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/18 "2020-05-23T18:08:06Z")
Do you mean recurrence, as in every day at that same time?
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### Author:  [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-date-time-question/140792/19 "2020-05-23T20:13:42Z")
Doesn’t need to be recurring, just wondering if there is a way to insert time alone (including time zone) so it will be clear to users in other time zones without prepending “today” or “tomorrow” or “monday”.
I suppose it doesn’t matter so much. 👍