# Year format on abbreviated post dates not clear

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [May 24, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198 "2015-05-24T17:21:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon25879736](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198/1 "2015-05-24T17:21:29Z")

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The current date format used on posts is not clear at a glance. It can be difficult to determine if a post happened last month or last year. For example, the two posts below:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/3/1332f3203d5695e2722a481e58c01c5144a9e093.png)

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/6/66c69322374cbdf2c975900ef86d602c0bf8dc73.png)

Looking carefully, you can see that the first is from April 2014 and the second is from April 14. However, at a quick glance, this distinction is unclear. I believe that it would improve the UX if the year format were expanded to show the full year, instead of using the apostrophe format.

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