YouTube Full Dates (v2)

Replace "1 year ago" with exact dates. Three-tier color badges: Green (this week), Purple (this year - toggleable), Yellow (old years)

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Author
carrot4522
Daily installs
7
Total installs
48
Ratings
1 0 0
Version
2
Created
2026-02-02
Updated
2026-02-14
Size
24.7 KB
License
MIT
Applies to

📅 YouTube Full Dates

Replace "1 year ago" with exact dates like November 24, 2025


✨ Features

  • 📅 Exact Dates — See real upload dates instead of vague "1 year ago"
  • 🌍 11 Languages — English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Arabic
  • 🎨 Custom Formats — Choose your preferred date style
  • 🟢 Fresh Content Badges — Green badge for videos uploaded this week
  • 🟣 This Year Badges — Purple badge for videos from the current year (toggleable!)
  • 🟡 Old Video Badges — Yellow badge for previous years
  • 🔘 Full Badge Control — Toggle each badge color ON or OFF independently
  • Works Everywhere — Homepage, search, channels, playlists, watch page, subscriptions

📅 How Dates Display

Video Age Display Example
This week (< 7 days) 🆕 + short date (green badge) 🆕 Feb 10
This year (7+ days) Your format WITHOUT year (purple badge or plain text) January 28
Previous years Your format WITH year (yellow badge) November 24 25

🎨 Color-Coded Badges

Color Meaning Toggle
🟢 Green Fresh! Uploaded within the last 7 days ✅ ON/OFF
🟣 Purple This year, but older than a week ✅ ON/OFF
🟡 Yellow From a previous year ✅ ON/OFF

💡 Prefer plain text? Turn off any badge color in Settings — dates still display, just without the colored background!


🎯 Format Tokens

Token Output Example
yyyy Full year 2025
yy Short year 25
MMMM Full month November
MMM Short month Nov
MM Month number 11
dd Day 24

📝 Format Examples

Format Result
MMMM dd yy November 24 25 (default)
dd MMM yy 24 Nov 25
yyyy-MM-dd 2025-11-24
MM/dd/yy 11/24/25

⚙️ Settings

Click the Tampermonkey icon → Select "⚙️ Settings" → Choose your language and date format → Save

🔘 Display Toggles

Toggle Default Description
Smart Year ✅ ON Hide year for current-year videos
🟡 Yellow for old years ✅ ON Yellow background on previous-year dates
🆕 Green for this week ✅ ON Green background on fresh uploads
🟣 Purple for this year ✅ ON Purple background on current-year dates — turn OFF for plain text

No more guessing when videos were uploaded! 🎉