A simple BetterDiscord plugin that hides the sent time of recent posts, allowing you to take screenshots without giving away your timezone.

HideTime.plugin.js

/**
 * @name HideTime
 * @authorLink https://github.com/FrostBird347
 * @source https://gist.github.com/FrostBird347/82473292f6d84542b607b87c2ea61df5#gistcomment-3376137
 * @updateUrl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/FrostBird347/82473292f6d84542b607b87c2ea61df5/raw/HideTime.plugin.js
 */
module.exports = class HideTime {
	
	getName() {return "HideTime";}
	
	getDescription() {return "Hides the timestamps of recent posts, allowing you to take screenshots without giving away your timezone.";}
	
	getVersion() {return "1.0.15";}
	
	getAuthor() {return "FrostBird347";}
	
	load() {}
	
	stop() {
		window.clearInterval(window.HTSlowSearchID);
		delete window.HTSlowSearchID;
		delete window.TryHideTime;
	}
	
	start() {
		//Simple update notifier
		//I have been unable to figure out how to obtain the plugin's version
		let CurrentVersion = "1.0.15";
		window.fetch("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/FrostBird347/82473292f6d84542b607b87c2ea61df5/raw/HideTime.plugin.js").then(function(response) {
			response.text().then(function(text) {
				let Lines = text.split("\t").join("").split("\n");
				let RemoteVersion = "";
				for (let l = 0; l < Lines.length; l++) {
					if (RemoteVersion == "" && Lines[l].split(" ").join("").split("\"")[0] == "getVersion(){return") {
						RemoteVersion = Lines[l].split(" ").join("").split("\"")[1];
					}
				}
				
				if (RemoteVersion != CurrentVersion) {
					window.BdApi.UI.showToast("HideTime is outdated!\nCurrent: " + CurrentVersion + "\nLatest: " + RemoteVersion, {type: "info", icon:true, timeout: 7500});
				}
			});
		});
		
		window.TryHideTime = function(el) {
			try {
				if (!el.classList.contains("HTAlreadyDone")) {
					if (el.innerText.replace(" — \n", "").startsWith("Today at ") && !el.innerText.replace(" — \n", "").startsWith("Today at --:--")) {
						el.innerText = "Today at --:--";
					} else if (el.innerText.replace(" — \n", "").startsWith("Yesterday at ") && !el.innerText.replace(" — \n", "").startsWith("Yesterday at --:--")) {
						el.innerText = "Yesterday at --:--";
					} else if (el.innerText.replace(" — \n", "").replace(", ", " ").split(" ").length >= 2) {
						el.innerText = el.innerText.replace(" — \n", "").replace(", ", " ").split(" ")[0];
					}
					el.classList.add("HTAlreadyDone")
				}
			} catch {}
		}
		
		window.HTSlowSearchID = window.setInterval(function(){
			let TimeList = document.body.getElementsByTagName("TIME");
			for (let i = 0; i < TimeList.length; i++) {
				window.TryHideTime(TimeList[i]);
			}
		}, 5000);
	}
	
	observer(changes) {
		//window.console.log(changes);
		for (let i = 0; i < changes.addedNodes.length; i++) {
			try {
				//window.console.log(changes.addedNodes[i]); 
				if (!["LI", "SPAN", "MAIN"].includes(changes.addedNodes[i].tagName) && !changes.addedNodes[i].classList.contains("backgroundFlash_e5b9ad")) {
					throw "Skipped, element likely isn't a new timestamp"
				}
				//window.console.log("^ PASSED"); 
				Array.prototype.forEach.call(changes.addedNodes[i].getElementsByTagName("TIME"), function(el) {
					window.TryHideTime(el);
				})
			} catch {}
		}
	}
	
}

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Update Log

1.0.15

• Fix older messages not having their timestamp removed
  • Discord changed the timestamp format for seemingly no reason

1.0.14

• Updated deprecated BdApi functions

1.0.13

• Discord changed the class names of everything

1.0.12

• Added another slower fallback check that's run once every 5 seconds

1.0.11

• Fixed another bug that was causing messages to not be checked under some conditions

1.0.10

• Fixed a bug that was causing messages to not be checked under some conditions

1.0.9

• Optimised code
  • Timestamps are only searched for in relevant elements and only when they are created, instead of searching the entire page each time anything is changed (I can't believe that I didn't fix this issue earlier)

1.0.8

• Improved variable declaration

1.0.7

• Now removes timestamps from older messages (which previously didn't have a timestamp)

1.0.6

• Added an extremely simple update notifier

1.0.5

• Fix bug preventing timestamps from being removed

1.0.4

• Added update link

1.0.3

• Updated source link to take the user to this change log
• Added author link

1.0.2

• Removed timestamps are now ignored
• Timestamp removal is called through observer() instead of window.setInterval()

1.0.1

• Updated source link

1.0.0

• Uploaded plugin