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In the footer section we have a latest revision / build number in the following format:

YYYY.M.DD.build-num

For example, the current S[O|F|U] and AskUbuntu footer shows:

rev 2015.8.28.705

Meta.SE and Meta.SO footer shows:

rev 2015.8.28.740

Stack Exchange footer shows:

2015.8.26.1005

Whereas, the SO Careers footer only shows:

(build 2119)

Without the 'date' there is no way to know when was the last update made to a site. I'm curious to know the reason behind the 'date' omission in SO Careers footer.

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    You've probs more chance of staff/dev seeing a question tagged support than discussion. Of course change back if you disagree / prefer discussion for some reason
    – James
    Commented Aug 30, 2015 at 15:33
  • @James Thank you. I did not know that tagging 'support' does that.
    – HackerKarma
    Commented Aug 30, 2015 at 15:35
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    Well, tag with the appropriate tag for the question primarily, but in this case imo support is appropriate as you genuinely want help with a site feature/function. I "believe" support is "likely" monitored a bit more than discussion (I could be wrong..)
    – James
    Commented Aug 30, 2015 at 15:39

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On Careers, printing the build number is a quick-and-dirty way to indicate what source revisions are deployed to a particular environment. This can assist bug reports and basic operational tasks. Showing the date would do this in a less precise way, while requiring some extra effort.

On other SO sites, the sheer volume of traffic makes the extra effort worthwhile.

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    Thank you for taking time to update. SO 'Careers' is an excellent product and eventually it will get the volume. Best luck!
    – HackerKarma
    Commented Aug 31, 2015 at 18:27

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