Outputting timezone-correct timestamp for activity is hard

[ericlewis]

When displaying the date an activity update was created, bp-default outputs the time elapsed since the activity was created. However, if a theme wants to display that in a timestamp, it will have to do some tricker of its own to print out a properly formatted timestamp that is respective of the timezone set in WP settings.

I think a template function may serve well here, something like get_activity_timestamp(), which would return the timezone-correct timestamp.

[ericlewis]

just a thought.

[boonebgorges]

This is a good idea.

[DJPaul]

Yes. Root "issue" is we store time/dates in UTC in the database. Not sure best way; could change existing bp_get_activity_date_recorded but that will break places like in bp-legacy/buddypress/assets/embeds/header-activity.php.

[boonebgorges]

See also #5757

[slaFFik]

Fixed in #5757