# How do you view a post's timestamp on mobile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759 "2020-06-22T16:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/1 "2020-06-22T16:02:33Z")
Yes, I know you can get it on your computer by mousing over where it has xxm or however long ago it was posted. But you can’t mouseover on a phone. It’s there a way to get the time and date of a particular post on your phone? And an unrelated question: How do you preview your post before you submit it? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/2 "2020-06-22T16:05:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And an unrelated question: How do you preview your post before you submit it? There should be a little TV icon in the bottom right of your reply window. That’s preview mode. There’ll be another button to take you back to edit mode. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/3 "2020-06-22T16:07:52Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > [@cochrane](#): > > > > And an unrelated question: How do you preview your post before you submit it? > > There should be a little TV icon in the bottom right of your reply window. That’s preview mode. There’ll be another button to take you back to edit mode. Thank you. I found it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/4 "2020-06-22T17:53:23Z")
So much for the unrelated question then. Does anyone have an answer for the primary question in the OP? I’m not interested in knowing an approximate elapsed time since a post was submitted; I can figure that out for myself. I WANT MY TIMESTAMPS! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/5 "2020-06-22T20:30:16Z")
If you tap on the date it opens a little window with all the details in the same way that clicking on it shows you the details on a desktop. That has its own issues as it’s a lot of extra clicks and its all a bit fiddly but if that’s not working for you then it might be your browser. There is a Discourse app called DiscourseHub which seems to be very similar so that might work for you instead. There are many many other problems with navigating around the site on a phone. Tapatalk was a much more elegant way to use the forum; this new forum seems to have lots of moving parts. Navigating around the site on a phone is like working a Rubik’s Cube. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/6 "2020-06-22T20:41:26Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > If you tap on the date it opens a little window with all the details in the same way that clicking on it shows you the details on a desktop. That has its own issues as it’s a lot of extra clicks and its all a bit fiddly but if that’s not working for you then it might be your browser. There is a Discourse app called DiscourseHub which seems to be very similar so that might work for you instead. > > There are many many other problems with navigating around the site on a phone. Tapatalk was a much more elegant way to use the forum; this new forum seems to have lots of moving parts. Navigating around the site on a phone is like working a Rubik’s Cube. But I can solve a Rubik’s Cube. It works for me, though. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759/7 "2020-06-22T22:42:35Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Navigating around the site on a phone is like working a Rubik’s Cube. That’s a great analogy!!! I do miss Tapatalk…