# Inconsistency in displayed value type for when an id was made on an observation in Identify view **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** web\ **Created:** [January 13, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistency-in-displayed-value-type-for-when-an-id-was-made-on-an-observation-in-identify-view/74624 "2026-01-13T22:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dgwdoesthings](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dgwdoesthings/32/40801_2.png) [@dgwdoesthings](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dgwdoesthings)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistency-in-displayed-value-type-for-when-an-id-was-made-on-an-observation-in-identify-view/74624/1 "2026-01-13T22:26:40Z")
Not sure if this is a bug, when identifying, some observations show a month year when the id was left, while most others show years since that id was made, Example: ![Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 14-24-34 Identify · iNaturalist](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/d/3/d364df53cbf075390b6f30e19aaffcdea0c664c4.jpeg) Observation before the example: ![Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 14-21-50 Identify · iNaturalist](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/a/3a091ab34dc6667236b5653379af86881e41759f.jpeg) And after the example: ![Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 14-22-11 Identify · iNaturalist](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/4/9407eeb091aa7d2e3cf4be786dcfc2590ef7cd0b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dgwdoesthings](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dgwdoesthings/32/40801_2.png) [@dgwdoesthings](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dgwdoesthings)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistency-in-displayed-value-type-for-when-an-id-was-made-on-an-observation-in-identify-view/74624/2 "2026-01-13T22:29:47Z")
![Screenshot 2026-01-13 at 14-28-50 Identify · iNaturalist](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/5/85e51891c929ef57b5dac9d8406dd6f2d1a10045.jpeg) one more, why the variation? ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistency-in-displayed-value-type-for-when-an-id-was-made-on-an-observation-in-identify-view/74624/3 "2026-01-13T22:37:28Z")
It’s intentional. For obscured observations, you’ll only see month and year of when the ID or comment was made, to make it more difficult to determine exacatly when the observation was made or posted. For open observations, relative date/time is shown, and if you mouseover it you’ll see exactly when the ID/comment was added. ---
**Author:** ![dgwdoesthings](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dgwdoesthings/32/40801_2.png) [@dgwdoesthings](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dgwdoesthings)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistency-in-displayed-value-type-for-when-an-id-was-made-on-an-observation-in-identify-view/74624/4 "2026-01-13T22:58:56Z")
I did not know about mousing over, thanks for that! ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistency-in-displayed-value-type-for-when-an-id-was-made-on-an-observation-in-identify-view/74624/5 "2026-01-13T23:02:29Z")
Closed on January 13, 2026, 11:02pm UTC