Show full upload dates, instead of "1 year ago", "2 weeks ago", etc.
// ==UserScript==
// @name 以 yyyy-mm-dd 显示 YouTube 的视频上传日期
// @name:en Show YouTube Video Upload Date in yyyy-mm-dd
// @version 0.3
// @description 显示具体日期而不是“2 星期前”，“1 年前”这种
// @description:en Show full upload dates, instead of "1 year ago", "2 weeks ago", etc.
// @author InMirrors
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/users/518374
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
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// @grant none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
function getUploadDate() {
let el = document.body.querySelector('player-microformat-renderer script');
if (el) {
let parts = el.textContent.split('"startDate":"',2);
if (parts.length == 2) {
return parts[1].split('"',1)[0];
}
parts = el.textContent.split('"uploadDate":"',2);
if (parts.length == 2) {
return parts[1].split('"',1)[0];
}
}
return null;
}
// Check if the video is a live broadcast
function getIsLiveBroadcast() {
let el = document.body.querySelector('player-microformat-renderer script');
if (!el) {
return null;
}
let parts = el.textContent.split('"isLiveBroadcast":',2);
if (parts.length != 2) {
return false;
}
let isLiveBroadcast = !!parts[1].split(',',1)[0];
if (!isLiveBroadcast) {
return false;
}
parts = el.textContent.split('"endDate":"',2);
if (parts.length == 2) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
// Extract video id from the URL
function urlToVideoId(url) {
let parts = url.split('/shorts/',2);
if (parts.length === 2) {
url = parts[1];
} else {
url = parts[0];
}
parts = url.split('v=',2);
if (parts.length === 2) {
url = parts[1];
} else {
url = parts[0];
}
return url.split('&',1)[0];
}
// Retrieve the upload date from a remote source using the video id and invoke the callback with the result
function getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, callback) {
let body = {"context":{"client":{"clientName":"WEB","clientVersion":"2.20240416.01.00"}},"videoId":videoId};
fetch('https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/player?prettyPrint=false', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify(body)
})
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error('Network response was not ok');
}
return response.json();
})
.then(data => {
let object = data.microformat.playerMicroformatRenderer;
if (object.liveBroadcastDetails?.isLiveNow) {
callback(object.liveBroadcastDetails.startTimestamp);
return;
} else if (object.publishDate) {
callback(object.publishDate);
return;
}
callback(object.uploadDate);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error('There was a problem with the fetch operation:', error);
});
}
// Convert ISO date string to a localized date string
function isoToDate(iso) {
let date = new Date(iso);
// let options = { day: 'numeric', month: 'short', year: 'numeric' };
// let lang = navigator.language ? navigator.language : 'en-US';
// change the locale to use yyyy-mm-dd format
let options = { year: 'numeric', month: '2-digit', day: '2-digit', separator: '-' };
let lang = 'zh-CN';
return date.toLocaleDateString(lang, options).replaceAll('/', '-');
// another way to format the date
// let year = date.getFullYear();
// let month = ("0" + (date.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2); // Months are zero based
// let day = ("0" + date.getDate()).slice(-2);
// return `${year}-${month}-${day}`; // returns date in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format
}
// Update the upload date and display style of video descriptions on the page
function startTimers() {
/* video page description */
setInterval(() => {
// Retrieve the upload date
let uploadDate = getUploadDate();
if (!uploadDate) {
return;
}
// Format the date and check if it's a live broadcast
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
let isLiveBroadcast = getIsLiveBroadcast();
if (isLiveBroadcast) {
document.body.classList.add('ytud-description-live');
} else {
document.body.classList.remove('ytud-description-live');
}
// Update the upload date in the video description
let el = document.querySelector('#info-container > #info > b');
if (!el) {
let span = document.querySelector('#info-container > #info > span:nth-child(1)');
if (!span) {
return;
}
el = document.createElement('b');
el.textContent = uploadDate;
span.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', el);
} else {
if (el.parentNode.children[1] !== el) {
let container = el.parentNode;
el = container.removeChild(el);
container.children[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', el);
}
if (el.firstChild.nodeValue === uploadDate) {
return;
}
el.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
}
}, 1000);
// More similar intervals for updating upload dates in various sections of the page
/* video page sidebar list */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#items.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer ytd-compact-video-renderer');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
let holder;
if (holders.length === 1) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'inline-metadata-item style-scope ytd-video-meta-block';
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
} else {
holder = holders[1];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text == dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.querySelector('a#thumbnail').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* homepage list - videos */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#content > ytd-rich-grid-media > #dismissible > #details > #meta > ytd-video-meta-block > #metadata');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder;
if (holders.length === 1) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'inline-metadata-item style-scope ytd-video-meta-block';
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
} else {
holder = holders[1];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#meta').querySelector('h3 > a#video-title-link').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* homepage list - shorts */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#content > ytd-rich-grid-slim-media > #dismissible > #details > ytd-video-meta-block > #metadata');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder;
if (holders.length === 1) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'inline-metadata-item style-scope ytd-video-meta-block';
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
} else {
holder = holders[1];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#details').querySelector('h3 > a').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* search list - videos */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#contents ytd-video-renderer #metadata');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder;
if (holders.length === 1) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'inline-metadata-item style-scope ytd-video-meta-block';
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
} else {
holder = holders[1];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#dismissible').querySelector('a#thumbnail').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* search list - shorts */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#scroll-container > #items > ytd-reel-item-renderer > #dismissible > #details > ytd-video-meta-block > #metadata');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder;
if (holders.length === 1) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'inline-metadata-item style-scope ytd-video-meta-block';
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
} else {
holder = holders[1];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#details').querySelector('h3 > a').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* search list - topic in sidebar */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#contents > ytd-universal-watch-card-renderer > #sections > ytd-watch-card-section-sequence-renderer > #lists > ytd-vertical-watch-card-list-renderer > #items > ytd-watch-card-compact-video-renderer');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('div.text-wrapper > yt-formatted-string.subtitle');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder = holders[0];
let separator = ' • ';
let parts = holder.firstChild.nodeValue.split(separator, 2);
if (parts.length < 2) {
return;
}
let prefix = parts[0] + separator;
let dateText = parts[1];
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.querySelector('a#thumbnail').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = prefix + uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* channel page - home (featured video) */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#contents > ytd-channel-video-player-renderer > #content > #metadata-container > ytd-video-meta-block > #metadata');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder = holders[1];
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#metadata-container').querySelector('yt-formatted-string > a').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* channel page - home (for you videos) */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#dismissible > #details > #text-metadata > #meta > #metadata-container > #metadata');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#metadata-line > span');
if (holders.length === 0) {
return;
}
let holder;
if (holders.length === 1) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer';
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[0].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
} else {
holder = holders[1];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#meta').querySelector('h3 > a#video-title').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
/* video playlist */
setInterval(() => {
let vids = document.querySelectorAll('#content > #container > #meta > ytd-video-meta-block > #metadata > #byline-container');
if (vids.length === 0) {
return;
}
vids.forEach((el) => {
let holders = el.querySelectorAll('#video-info > span');
if (holders.length <= 1) {
return;
}
let holder;
let prefix = '';
if (holders.length === 2) {
let copy = document.createElement('span');
copy.className = 'style-scope yt-formatted-string';
copy.setAttribute('dir', 'auto');
let textNode = document.createTextNode('');
copy.appendChild(textNode);
holders[1].insertAdjacentElement('afterend', copy);
holder = copy;
prefix = ' • ';
} else {
holder = holders[2];
}
let dateText = holder.firstChild.nodeValue;
let text = el.getAttribute('data-text');
if (text !== null && text === dateText) {
return;
}
el.setAttribute('data-text', dateText);
let link = el.closest('#meta').querySelector('h3 > a').getAttribute('href');
let videoId = urlToVideoId(link);
getRemoteUploadDate(videoId, (uploadDate) => {
uploadDate = prefix + isoToDate(uploadDate);
holder.firstChild.nodeValue = uploadDate;
el.setAttribute('data-text', uploadDate);
});
})
}, 1000);
}
startTimers()
let styleTag = document.createElement('style');
let cssCode = "#info > span:nth-child(3) {display:none !important;}"
+ "#info > span:nth-child(4) {display:none !important;}"
+ "#info > b {font-weight:500 !important;margin-left:6px !important;}"
+ "#date-text {display:none !important;}"
+ ".ytud-description-live #info > span:nth-child(1) {display:none !important;}"
+ ".ytud-description-live #info > b {margin-left:0 !important;margin-right:6px !important;}";
styleTag.textContent = cssCode;
document.head.appendChild(styleTag);
})();