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Broadcasts: show exact event time instead

For some reason it's common now in apps and sites to use phrases like "in 2 hours", or "134 days ago" instead of exact date and time.

But maybe Lichess would be more usable than fashionable, and will show exact time of broadcast events instead of such phrases. For example, when the next game of the World Championship starts?
If you open the broadcast you will see the schedule for each round there in both formats (you might need to scroll down if there is quite a bit of info there).
As for the World Championship, all games start at 12:30 UTC and free days are always on Mondays and Thursdays.
At least on Lichess you can also always hover over the "in 2 hours" to get the exact time and date.

Unfortunately doesn't work on mobile though.
This always annoys me because it adds an unbelievable uncertainty. If it says in 2 hours to use the OP's example, and it rounds up that means the start time could be in 61 minutes. If it says in 2 hours and it rounds down the start time could be in 179 minutes. So starting in two hours has an uncertainty range of 118 minutes which is huge, almost as large as the 2 hours itself. Crazy.

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