I prefer the
date & time system to the
ago system simply because it's more convenient for establishing, by date association, the time lapse between when someone posts a message and any dated material (e.g. newspaper, magazine, and web page articles ... etc.) that may be quoted from or linked to in the message. It's more convenient and more accurate for determining the dates of posts and time intervals between posts that are 1-4 weeks old should precisely dating those posts (i.e. information therein) become important for any reason. Otherwise, there isn't much difference between the two systems; unless, I forget to take my Ginkgo and the
ago system gets me all confuzzled ... (
oops, missed another dose).
