Feature Request: Please give us back the timestamps in history view

[Mordecaine]

In the monitoring module webinterface (the old web interface) you had timestamps in the history view.
In the icingadb webinterface, It's really hard to debug thinks because of the relative time values:

Please return to the good old timestamps:

I have some ideas:

[mwester117]

+1
The old timestamp format, displaying the exact time directly, is much more efficient for monitoring. With the current implementation, hovering over the date to get the precise time adds an unnecessary step. In critical situations, especially in monitoring environments, it’s crucial to have immediate visibility of both the date and time without additional interaction. Reverting to the old format would improve usability and speed in resolving issues.

[alamp1360]

If you are interested in a quick "hack" to format the history list the way you see fit:
Add file /usr/share/icinga-php/ipl/vendor/ipl/web/src/Widget/TimeShortDT.php with the following content:

<?php

namespace ipl\Web\Widget;

use Icinga\Date\DateFormatter;
use ipl\Html\BaseHtmlElement;

class TimeShortDT extends BaseHtmlElement
{
    /** @var int */
    protected $timestamp;
    protected $tag = 'time';
    protected $defaultAttributes = ['class' => 'value'];

    public function __construct($timestamp)
    {
        $this->timestamp = (int) $timestamp;
    }

    protected function assemble()
    {
        $dateTime = DateFormatter::formatDateTime($this->timestamp);

        $this->addAttributes([
            'datetime' => $dateTime,
            'title'    => $dateTime
        ]);

        $this->add( date("j. M 'y H:i", $this->timestamp) );
    }
}

Then, apply this patch to /usr/share/icingaweb2/modules/icingadb/library/Icingadb/Widget/ItemList/BaseHistoryListItem.php

*** BaseHistoryListItem.php     2024-08-05 14:16:40.000000000 +0200
--- BaseHistoryListItem.php_new 2024-10-07 11:00:30.001129726 +0200
***************
*** 24,29 ****
--- 24,30 ----
  use ipl\Web\Widget\EmptyState;
  use ipl\Web\Widget\StateBall;
  use ipl\Web\Widget\TimeAgo;
+ use ipl\Web\Widget\TimeShortDT;
  use ipl\Html\BaseHtmlElement;
  use ipl\Html\HtmlElement;
  use ipl\Html\Text;
***************
*** 402,407 ****

      protected function createTimestamp(): ?BaseHtmlElement
      {
!         return new TimeAgo($this->item->event_time->getTimestamp());
      }
  }
--- 403,408 ----

      protected function createTimestamp(): ?BaseHtmlElement
      {
!         return new TimeShortDT($this->item->event_time->getTimestamp());
      }
  }

This will display the time as "10. Oct '24 19:11". You can change the format to whatever you prefer by changing the date format in the last statement of the file TimeShortDT.php.

Of course you need to apply this change whenever you update icingaweb.

Hope this helps...