Reddit exact post time

Create a static copy of exact time of Reddit post time on side with formatted date

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Reddit exact post time
// @namespace    https://rant.li/boson
// @version      1.1
// @description  Create a static copy of exact time of Reddit post time on side with formatted date
// @author       Boson
// @match        *://*.reddit.com/*
// @grant        none
// @license      GNU AGPLv3
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    function formatDate(date) {
        const options = {
            month: 'short',
            day: 'numeric',
            weekday: 'short',
            hour: '2-digit',
            minute: '2-digit',
            hour12: false
        };
        return date.toLocaleString('en-US', options);
    }

    function createStaticCopy(originalTimeElement) {
        const datetime = originalTimeElement.getAttribute('datetime');
        const utcDate = new Date(datetime);
        const localDate = new Date(utcDate.getTime());
        const formattedDate = formatDate(localDate);

        const staticTimeElement = document.createElement('time');
        staticTimeElement.setAttribute('class', 'static-timestamp'); // Different class to avoid live update
        staticTimeElement.setAttribute('datetime', datetime);
        staticTimeElement.setAttribute('title', formattedDate);
        staticTimeElement.textContent = ` - ${formattedDate}`;
        return staticTimeElement;
    }

    function processTimeElements() {
        const timeElements = document.querySelectorAll('time.live-timestamp');
        timeElements.forEach(originalTimeElement => {
            const staticCopy = createStaticCopy(originalTimeElement);
            originalTimeElement.parentNode.insertBefore(staticCopy, originalTimeElement.nextSibling);
        });
    }

    function processNewNodes(nodes) {
        nodes.forEach(node => {
            if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                const timeElements = node.querySelectorAll ? node.querySelectorAll('time.live-timestamp') : [];
                timeElements.forEach(originalTimeElement => {
                    const staticCopy = createStaticCopy(originalTimeElement);
                    originalTimeElement.parentNode.insertBefore(staticCopy, originalTimeElement.nextSibling);
                });
            }
        });
    }

    function handleMutations(mutationsList, observer) {
        for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
            if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
                processNewNodes(mutation.addedNodes);
            }
        }
    }

    window.addEventListener('load', function() {
        processTimeElements();
        const observer = new MutationObserver(handleMutations);
        const config = { childList: true, subtree: true };
        observer.observe(document.body, config);
    });
})();