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Display Teams chat message with date stamp rather than relative day
Is there a way to force Teams Chat messages to display the date of a message rather than "yesterday" or "today"? e.g. display "27/08/2024" instead of displaying "yesterday 2:12 pm". (I'm creating th...
Unfortunately, there's no built-in setting within Microsoft Teams to directly force the display of dates in chat messages instead of the relative "today" or "yesterday" format. Teams prioritizes this relative format for quick readability in most contexts.
Why Teams Does This:
The "today" and "yesterday" format is designed for quick communication. In a fast-paced chat environment, seeing "yesterday" is often more relevant than seeing a specific date. It helps people quickly understand the context of the conversation.
It is utterly counterproductive and a pain. Very bad choice.