Always display the absolute time in a tooltip when using the relative date and time format

[gtsiolis]

Problem to solve

We've been using relative and absolute date and time formats across the product. For example, see projects, members, and usage for the Gitpod team in Gitpod.io.

Generally, both absolute and relative formats can be useful depending on each use case. 💡

🅰️ Relative date and time can be useful when the content is updated frequently and surfacing an absolute date is not critical, etc.
🅱️ Absolute date and time makes sense when users would need to convert the date in order to complete a task, etc.

Proposal

In any case, I think we can safely use the following guideline across the product:

When using the relative format, always display the absolute time in a tooltip.

This issue acts as a placeholder for adding a tooltip on all relative date and time formats used across the product. 🛹

Next steps

Future next steps include:

1. Documenting this as a guideline.
2. Introducing more sophisticated guidelines on when to use which.
3. Explain in detail date and time format options and how to use them.

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[oyetanishq]

Hey @gtsiolis, I would like to work on this issue.

[gtsiolis]

Hey @tanishq-singh-2301! Feel free to open a PR and link back to this issue. I'd recommend breaking down changes into smaller pieces in an MVC approach for faster reviews and turnarounds. 🛹

[oyetanishq]

@gtsiolis This is my first issue in gitpod, I'm not able to find any contribution and installation guide??

[gtsiolis]

Hi @tanishq-singh-2301! Re-posting from #15669 (comment):

1. Contributing to Gitpod can be more complicated than other projects because of the nature of the project working on top of Kubernetes cluster, etc.
2. For the dashboard component, you can find some basic instructions in the relevant folder, but we have not been actively maintaining that README file.
3. We develop Gitpod in Gitpod which means we're not running Gitpod locally to develop it.
4. Usually community contributors push a new branch or a new PR and we help by spinning a preview environment for them which deploys a preview installation of Gitpod where you can connect later with telepresence and make changes.

[oyetanishq]

Hi @gtsiolis I got it setup, but I'm not able to create or view teams.
It's giving me error HTTP 404 If I try to create a new team.
How do I access that page??