"$talkTool.fullDateTime"

[Andylion]

I noticed this instead of the time and date on some threads today. What does it mean?

I wanna know too! Don't like it, I like to see dates and times of postings.

Me to. what does it mean ??

I was just about to post the same thing. I wasn’t sure if it was my iPad but it’s doing it on my phone too. Safari and chrome.

Me too!
I don't like it

(ipad, safari, desktop)

And me - I'm using a kindle fire.

@timetoheal
Me to. what does it mean ??

I think it's coding that has just gone a little bit wrong.

I'm seeing this - and missing bits where it should say watch this thread etc

I was about to post this, maybe someone was updating the coding and has missed out some code.

It's something called a variable - which means it can change depending on what value its assigned.
In this case it's representing a placeholder for the date and time in the talk software.

Obviously it should be the actual date and time value, so it looks like either it isn't being populated with the correct date and time values so it's showing the variable text instead, or the talk software hasn't been correctly 'told' it's a variable (declared) so it's just displaying it as plain text instead.

Either way just a coding mistake and nothing sinister! :) (can you tell I work in software?)

I was just coming to enquire about this

I didn't originally look properly at the screenshot - as the variable is enclosed in double quotes "" that's usually treated as text.
If the quotes are removed from the website code it should go back to normal.

Hi all,

Thanks for raising this! We're asking tech as we speak

It's like someone's put the variable name in quotes accidentally.
Quite unnerving.

It has the word "stalk" in it, so I thought it was some clever way for posters to hide what time they had posted to avoid stalkers, Then I wondered why that would be necessary.

I was going to post too, Chrome on HP laptop. It's everywhere for me, not just some posts

@missionitsossible. thank you, it just seemed so odd, glad it is being rectified

I posted something just now about the URL and it's disappeared... what is going on?? Also, above one of the ads on the Active page, it says $kit_block.render("Talk video block")

I'm getting it on Safari

I didn't see it at all, then once I had it on one thread, it was on all of them.

As well as the above problem, I've also had this happen when clicking on a couple of threads in a search result -