Time stamp on scratch-pad viewer?

I just had occasion to view someone's scratch-pad after seeing it mentioned in the CB (e.g. "can someone explain the syntax error in the code on my scratch-pad"). Of course, elapsed time in the CB is a slippery thing at best... When I looked at the pad, and then back at the current CB, it looked like it must have changed since the initial request.

Apart from that, I tend to ignore my pad when I'm not using it, and it might contain crap from who knows how long ago. It shouldn't hurt (and is likely to help) if the display of a person's pad could include the date/time it was last updated. This could also help folks who might get confused if they forget to refresh their view of someone's pad during the heat of a CB discussion.

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(jeffa) Re: Time stamp on scratch-pad viewer? by jeffa (Bishop) on Jul 17, 2003 at 16:10 UTC
Good idea, but not a necessary idea. In the meantime, you could use my Scratchpad Poster and add a little code that adds a timestamp yourself. UPDATE: add this line right before the call to `&post()` `$cont = "<h4>@{[scalar localtime]}</h4>\n$cont\n<hr/>\n";` [download] jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Time stamp on scratch-pad viewer? by artist (Parson) on Jul 17, 2003 at 14:30 UTC
Do we also need timestamp on homepages?, It can help to see information presented in the current context. artist	[reply]
Re: Re: Time stamp on scratch-pad viewer? by l2kashe (Deacon) on Jul 17, 2003 at 15:31 UTC
Well you have the "last here at" stamp. I don't think it will cause much of a hit on the db for an extra possible field per home node/scratch pad, and I think the idea has merit. On that note ( I should look and see if this is done already ), it would be nice to have a token so that when updateing a home node or pad, you could insert a stamp.. like $DATE$ or somesuch. Just a thought and a vote in favor of stamping pads MMMMM... Chocolaty Perl Goodness.....	[reply]