Allow Full Date and Time in Inbox
Please allow the full date and time to be displayed in the Inbox date column instead of "Today", "Yesterday", etc.
Dr. D
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Sebastien G. Messier commented
Same as Alan. If people want less information displayed, let them have the option to turn on this "feature." Seeing dozens of emails with Monday, Tuesday, etc... is of no value to me. This trend is a real mystery to me -- like seeing Sharepoint files lists with "a few hours ago."
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Alan
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This is extremely low-hanging fruit, and it's hard to believe there isn't a setting to ensure one can scan over the inbox and see the time of day that emails arrived. Instead, I have to actually open the email, then press the expand button just to see the time.
1. The time of day must be shown in the inbox and in the message view, regardless of anything else. This is the most important.
2. Give us settings to specify our own preferred date/time format, so everyone can have the details they want.The current state is yet another example in software development of trying to feel more human or conversational, instead of focusing on being an accurate, easy to use tool, and it has created a more difficult user experience.