# Is there a way to turn off relative dates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063 "2020-04-06T22:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j127](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j127/32/79093_2.png) [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/1 "2020-04-06T22:58:42Z")
I’m trying to turn off the relative dates formatter, because posts look strange when they say things like “See you [🌐_Yesterday 6:00 PM_]!” I found the `relative date duration` setting, but even setting that at 5,000 or 10,000 days doesn’t seem to turn off the relative dates. Does anyone know if there is a way to do it? If not, it isn’t a major problem, because people will figure it out — I’m just wondering if it’s possible and I’m misunderstanding the settings. ---
**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/2 "2020-04-06T23:46:21Z")
Relative dates settings apply to timestamps in the UI not for our new in-post date. ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/4 "2020-04-07T00:10:45Z")
> [@j127](#): > > I found the `relative date duration` setting, but even setting that at 5,000 or 10,000 days doesn’t seem to turn off the relative dates. Additionally, I would highly recommend undoing that change - doing that makes relative dates for things like posts and the topic list enabled for _longer_. Shorter would be 1 (0 is unwise, as this entire thread would just show “6 Apr”). But again, the date-time widget isn’t checking that. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow are special cases, and otherwise it will always use absolute dates. ---
**Author:** ![j127](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j127/32/79093_2.png) [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/5 "2020-04-07T00:12:43Z")
Thanks. I’ve reverted it to the default (30) and will just leave it there. Users will figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/6 "2020-04-08T00:43:36Z")
You can also click / tap on, or hover your mouse over the date to get more info. Try it! 🡕 ---
**Author:** ![j127](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j127/32/79093_2.png) [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/7 "2020-04-08T21:20:24Z")
Thanks, I think users will figure it out. 🙂 The members regularly use the dates for arranging a kind of gaming match across time zones. The wording appears a little strange for 24 hours, but it’s still readable. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-relative-dates/147063/8 "2020-05-08T21:20:43Z")
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