# Profile question pt. 18

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**Created:** [November 13, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262 "2021-11-13T01:37:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/1 "2021-11-13T01:37:49Z")

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In my profile summary, what does “\_\_d read time” and “\_\_d recent read time” mean?

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/2 "2021-11-13T03:43:57Z")

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d=days

It’s how many days you’ve spent reading the SDMB.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/3 "2021-11-13T03:45:17Z")

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Recent read time, I believe, is in the past 60 days.

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/4 "2021-11-13T03:51:53Z")

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It’s stored in [RECENT\_TIME\_READ\_THRESHOLD](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/29bb79de37c6bb9175bf87f96e67f9c767caf03b/app/models/user.rb#L1329), which leads me to believe that it’s settable, but it appears that the default is indeed the 60 days as noted by @GreysonCarlisle. I’m betting that the powers that be haven’t changed that for here.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/5 "2021-11-13T03:57:23Z")

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It doesn’t seem accurate.

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/6 "2021-11-13T03:58:29Z")

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Thanks for responses.

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/7 "2021-11-13T04:10:14Z")

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It shows you have 4 days of recent read time, which would be about 1.6 hours per day on average for the past 60 days. That doesn’t seem accurate to you?

I’m pretty sure the total read time is just since the transition, unless it was a value that was stored in vBulletin.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-question-pt-18/954262/8 "2021-11-13T04:23:31Z")

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I’d say I’m here more hours than that. I visit while I’m on my exercise bike (10-20 miles daily), and at least several more times a day.