# Show timestamp posted for topic post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-timestamp-posted-for-topic-post/392628
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 3, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-timestamp-posted-for-topic-post/392628 "2026-01-03T17:57:54Z")
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### Author: ![hipp0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hipp0/32/537433_2.png) [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-timestamp-posted-for-topic-post/392628/1 "2026-01-03T17:57:55Z")

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Is there a way to change time when posted and change to the full time and date?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/c/7/7c7bced39474936567e74a5550666cad10814241.png)

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/1/b/e1bf8b9afdb05e6f3f288bc2ab12ac7bc0871a37.png)

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-timestamp-posted-for-topic-post/392628/2 "2026-01-03T19:46:19Z")

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There is the `Relative date duration` site setting, which allows you to configure the number of days after posting in which the date will be shown as a relative instead of an absolute date.

So instead of:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/d/4/7d45fc098502d2e5711126e31fcaa1031253c8e4.png)

You get

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/a/9/8a98cfac0a9eb307a857ebc31df5fed0c69cb976.png)

But I think this doesn’t help for the first 24 hours. By default, it also doesn’t show the time. You could add that by [customizing the site text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-in-discourse/36092) for `dates.tiny.date_month` to `llll`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/4/2/042155e4aa3e2ec8342f57815fd1d9f33891e3a4.png)

But while that looks okay on posts

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/6/2/362fb613a6fec536e3d7980d0d86f8d6da5675a0.png)

It needs a lot of space in the topic list (and probably also in other places)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/6/8/b68ad2b539eb667a5f4e4ed9c9f2e379a26888b2.png)

  

What is your use case for showing absolute dates? You can currently see them on hover, and when you click the time, so there is even a solution for touch devices.

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### 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: [February 2, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-timestamp-posted-for-topic-post/392628/3 "2026-02-02T19:47:11Z")

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