From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/75965 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Proposed default change: Show the lapsed time instead of the date Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:37 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87mxmpkdu2.fsf@gnus.org> <87k4htjmvk.fsf@keller.adm.naquadah.org> <87pqrkadi9.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1295991294 3844 80.91.229.12 (25 Jan 2011 21:34:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:34:54 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M24317@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Jan 25 22:34:49 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PhqXI-0003yy-Pe for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PhqXF-00078z-4T; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:34:45 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PhqXE-00078r-4O for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:34:44 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PhqXB-0006hj-SE for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:34:42 -0600 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PhqX9-0002Wt-Op for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:39 +0100 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0212188A171 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564C31C0008A for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:39 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eJVHdlhZhbZy for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-110-119.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.110.119]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0E399CA2A0; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:34:38 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: .. I feel.. JUGULAR.. In-Reply-To: <87pqrkadi9.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:18:22 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2.92 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:75965 Archived-At: > But I'm wondering: Why would you want to see the Date header at all? > I'm curious. Personally, it tells me nothing, especially what with all > the different time zones and stuff. What's interesting to me is how old > the message is, not whether it was posted at 9:55 pm on a Tuesday. At least knowing the time zone of the sender is useful. Also, the absolute date can sometimes be easier to grok than the the relative one. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."