What's Up With the New Date Format?

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The recent change in date format now uses "T" for today and "Y" for yesterday, accompanied by numerical dates instead of spelled-out versions. This update coincides with a switch to a 24-hour clock format. The timestamp feature was previously removed with the introduction of the Prime skin but has been reinstated following user requests after disabling the Nexus skin. The abbreviated format was implemented to avoid adding an extra line for full words. This change has sparked curiosity among users about its timing and reasoning.
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I just noticed this. Instead of saying today, or yesterday, it just has T and Y. The date, rather than spelling it out, is just a numerical date. I don't think it has always been like this (though I could be wrong). When was this changed?

It's also on a 24h clock, instead of 12h...

Have I just been not paying attention for a while, or is this new?
 
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It's fairly new. And old. We used to have a time stamp, and then when we got the Prime skin, dropped the time stamp for just dates (including "Today" and "Yesterday"). When we disabled the Nexus skin a few days ago, folks requested the time stamp be returned to the Prime Skin, so that's what we have now. Greg said we can't fit the full word without adding a line, so that's why just "T" and "Y".
 
Ok, just wondering, thanks for the info.
 

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