Display standard dates in Jira server
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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
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Problem
When working in Jira applications, relative dates like "Today" or "Yesterday" are not always practical for teams. In these cases, you may want to disable your Jira application's relative date formatting and simply show standard date formats.
JRASERVER-41506 - Enabling Absolute Date/Time for JIRA issue view
Resolution
If you're running Jira 4.4+
Shut down your JIRA applications
Navigate to $JIRA_HOME
Edit the file:
jira-config.properties- See Edit the jira-config.properties file in Jira serverIf this file does not exist, create it
You can find more information on this specific file in Advanced JIRA Configuration - Atlassian Documentation
Add the following line:
1jira.lf.date.relativize = falseSave the file
Restart your JIRA applications
ℹ️ If you're running Jira using AWS Quick Start, please see Use the jira-config.properties file to customize an AWS Quick Start deployment on how to configure this.
If you're running Jira 4.3 or earlier
You'll want to instead modify the file:
jira-application.propertieslocated in $JIRA_INSTALL/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/
Locate
jira.lf.date.relativizeSet to
false
⚠️ This workaround will not affect all areas of Jira, such as the Activity Stream.
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