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Adjusting how Hatch/Obtained Date is displayed

Forum-Index Suggestions Adjusting how Hatch/Obtained Date is displayed
Raylong268
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Posted: Sat, 04/07/2020 17:53 (3 Years ago)
Although this is a minor adjustment, this issue absolutely annoys me to no end.

What I suggest is that we change the obtained and hatch date in a Pokemon’s profile from it’s current format (1 Year 3 Months ago, etc.) to a static date (27 April 2020, 08:42)


Why?

While our current system doesn’t really have any glaring issues, it would help immensely for people who keep a diary on the site to better keep track of dates, especially for their older Pokemon. I can attest to how infuriating it is to forget to record the hatch/obtained date of a Pokemon and come back to it later none-the-wiser, especially so for shinies that were caught outside of a chain, and hence can’t be properly traced using the Pokeradar history. It would also help to prevent such a situation from happening to new players who are interested in making their own diary as well.

I’m not quite sure how it is currently being calculated, or how difficult it would be to make this QoL adjustment, but if it can be done I would be immensely grateful.


Other alternatives

Suggested by Gosth

We can instead provide the exact date below the current display, as seen below:


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Posted: Sat, 04/07/2020 20:40 (3 Years ago)
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Raylong268
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Posted: Wed, 08/07/2020 07:12 (3 Years ago)
Bump!
zuramaru
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Posted: Wed, 08/07/2020 10:50 (3 Years ago)
Agreed.

Just displaying the Date/Time and then (X Years, X Months, X Days Ago) similar to how a user profile displays join date would make finding the date not a huge hassle or make you accidentally skip up by a day or 2.
Gosth
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Posted: Thu, 09/07/2020 02:25 (3 Years ago)
i like the idea but i think the exact time should also be on the pokemon profile
maybe something like this?

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Raylong268
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Posted: Thu, 09/07/2020 10:27 (3 Years ago)
Don't worry I have like 0 photoshopping skills

Honestly, that would be equally as useful as well for a compromise, to help retain the current style of design while also relaying information needed. May I have permission to use the image?
Raylong268
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Posted: Fri, 17/07/2020 14:21 (3 Years ago)
Bump!
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Posted: Fri, 23/04/2021 07:35 (2 Years ago)