Restores full "Month Day, Year" text for comments
// ==UserScript==
// @name Revert StackOverflow Comment Dates
// @namespace socuul.revert_stackoverflow_comment_dates
// @version 0.1
// @description Restores full "Month Day, Year" text for comments
// @author SoCuul
// @license MIT
// @match https://stackoverflow.com/*
// @match https://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=stackoverflow.com
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
const dateOptions = {
year: 'numeric',
month: 'short',
day: 'numeric'
}
const modifyElement = (el, time) => {
const commentDate = new Date(time)
if (isNaN(commentDate)) return
const dateString = commentDate.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateOptions)
el.innerText = dateString
el.classList.add('reverted-time')
}
const observerOptions = { subtree: true, childList: true }
const mObserver = new MutationObserver(function() {
document.querySelectorAll('time.s-user-card--time:not(.reverted-time)')
.forEach(el => modifyElement(el, el?.title))
document.querySelectorAll('a.comment-link > .relativetime-clean:not(.reverted-time)')
.forEach(el => modifyElement(el, el?.title?.split(',', 1)))
})
mObserver.observe(document, observerOptions)
})();