[GH-ISSUE #4066] [Feature Request]: Show real timestamps #1843

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opened 2026-03-02 13:47:33 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment
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Originally created by @spireautomation on GitHub (May 7, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/KelvinTegelaar/CIPP/issues/4066

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  • I have searched existing feature requests (open and closed) and found no duplicates.
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Problem Statement

There may be other places, but in the Logbook timestamps are being displayed as relative times, which are very hard to correlate with other things. Please show full timestamps, or at least give an option somewhere to control the format. I'm fine with UTC time, but timezone options would probably be a nice extra feature.

I just now saw that hovering does show the timestamp, so that is better than nothing, but when scrolling/scanning the log entries, showing the full timestamp would still be better in my opinion. YYYY-MM-DD:HH:MM:SS format would be my preference.

Benefits for MSPs

When you are trying to correlate things between tools, it is hard to have to do time math in your head to determine if something that happened "1 hour ago" really matches with a specific timestamp.

Value or Importance

I have certainly seen the relative timestamps being used more and more but it hides useful information so at best it should be optional and full timestamps should be the default, especially for a technical tool.

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Originally created by @spireautomation on GitHub (May 7, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/KelvinTegelaar/CIPP/issues/4066 ### Please confirm: - [x] **I have searched existing feature requests** (open and closed) and found no duplicates. - [x] **me or my organization is currently an active sponsor of the product at the $99,- level. ### Problem Statement There may be other places, but in the Logbook timestamps are being displayed as relative times, which are very hard to correlate with other things. Please show full timestamps, or at least give an option somewhere to control the format. I'm fine with UTC time, but timezone options would probably be a nice extra feature. I just now saw that hovering does show the timestamp, so that is better than nothing, but when scrolling/scanning the log entries, showing the full timestamp would still be better in my opinion. YYYY-MM-DD:HH:MM:SS format would be my preference. ### Benefits for MSPs When you are trying to correlate things between tools, it is hard to have to do time math in your head to determine if something that happened "1 hour ago" really matches with a specific timestamp. ### Value or Importance I have certainly seen the relative timestamps being used more and more but it hides useful information so at best it should be optional and full timestamps should be the default, especially for a technical tool. ### PowerShell Commands (Optional) _No response_
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@KelvinTegelaar commented on GitHub (May 12, 2025):

This is a personal preference, the data is available by hovering.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2871075522 --> @KelvinTegelaar commented on GitHub (May 12, 2025): This is a personal preference, the data is available by hovering.
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