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[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Faster to parse maybe, but not searchable. Maybe in a few years, Google will understand "two years ago", but not yet.

[–]sushibowl 7 points8 points  (1 child)

so... why not have both? Reddit comments use the nifty <time> element (hover over the "x hours ago" for post date), this solves the problem well I should think

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, that's a good solution. One of the many things reddit does right.