Jeff King said the following on 24.02.2009 06:04:
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 09:09:02AM +0100, Marius Storm-Olsen wrote:Another option would to give higher resolution in number of years, like "3.5 years" or even "3.1 years".And using shorter names for the units would be a no-go? "3y 2m ago" <--Personally I think that looks terrible. But I recognize that it is very subjective. The only objective thing I can say is that "m" isnot a unique prefix of a time unit, due to "minutes". Yes, it is obvious if you see the "y" first, but I actually parse the relative time backwards in my head and think "2 minutes ago, oh wait, 3 years, that must be months".
Ok, the standard abbreviation for month is "mo.", so "3y 2mo. ago" then? ;-) -- .marius [@trolltech.com] 'if you know what you're doing, it's not research'
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