[alfu]

The HN api includes the timestamp (unix time). For instance: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/23279837.json?pri...

[ceejayoz]

I wish all sites that do the “x units ago” thing would put the time stamp in a title attribute.

[nitrogen]

If any accessibility experts are reading, is there a best way to do this? E.g. title attribute is best for mouse users to hover on desktop, but is there a way that works for all users on devices? Maybe the abbr tag?

So far I haven't seen an html-only solution that works on mobile.

[andreareina]

Not an a11y expert but I imagine that's what the <time> element[1] is for.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ti...

[kodah]

I've been developing my new website and use "x days ago" which is a feature of most date libraries like luxon or moment. I modeled what GitHub does where you can mouse over the text and it produces the actual timestamp. On mobile that doesn't work, so I print the date in disabled text.

[joombaga]

Not an accessibility or html expert, but in the AWS console you can switch between "x days ago" and exact timestamp by clicking/tapping the timestamp.