element-hq / element-hq/element-meta

display date sent on every message

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Description

### Your use case

#### What would you like to do?
When I browse a communication channel, I only see the time. I haven't figured out how to display the date. I'm often in doubt/frustrated as to whether it's a message from yesterday, today... ?
![image](https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/assets/47927025/52fb5124-d52d-49c4-a23c-c4f3942bceb3)

On discord, for example, this is how it's displayed:
![image](https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/assets/47927025/db283a1f-23e2-4ba4-8a44-f542c9570543)

### Have you considered any alternatives?

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### Additional context

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the Element client component that renders message timestamps and compare its current output with the issue screenshots; done means channel messages show enough date information to distinguish today, yesterday, and earlier messages.

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Assessment

Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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