diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java
index 136805fa..a014c58f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 package com.keylesspalace.tusky.adapter;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
@@ -50,9 +52,11 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.viewdata.NotificationViewData;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.viewdata.StatusViewData;
 import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;
 
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class NotificationsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
     private static final int VIEW_TYPE_MENTION = 0;
@@ -365,26 +369,41 @@ public class NotificationsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
             username.setText(usernameText);
         }
 
-        private void setCreatedAt(@Nullable Date createdAt) {
-            // This is the visible timestampInfo.
-            String readout;
-        /* This one is for screen-readers. Frequently, they would mispronounce timestamps like "17m"
-         * as 17 meters instead of minutes. */
-            CharSequence readoutAloud;
-            if (createdAt != null) {
-                long then = createdAt.getTime();
-                long now = new Date().getTime();
-                readout = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(timestampInfo.getContext(), then, now);
-                readoutAloud = android.text.format.DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(then, now,
-                        android.text.format.DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS,
-                        android.text.format.DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE);
+        protected void setCreatedAt(@Nullable Date createdAt) {
+            SharedPreferences defPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(timestampInfo.getContext());
+            if (defPrefs.getBoolean("absoluteTimeView", true)) {
+                String time = "ERROR!";
+                if (createdAt != null) {
+                    SimpleDateFormat sdf;
+                    if (new Date().getTime() - createdAt.getTime() > 86400000L) {
+                        sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.getDefault());
+                    } else {
+                        sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss", Locale.getDefault());
+                    }
+                    time = sdf.format(createdAt);
+                    timestampInfo.setText(time);
+                }
             } else {
-                // unknown minutes~
-                readout = "?m";
-                readoutAloud = "? minutes";
+                // This is the visible timestampInfo.
+                String readout;
+                /* This one is for screen-readers. Frequently, they would mispronounce timestamps like "17m"
+                 * as 17 meters instead of minutes. */
+                CharSequence readoutAloud;
+                if (createdAt != null) {
+                    long then = createdAt.getTime();
+                    long now = new Date().getTime();
+                    readout = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(timestampInfo.getContext(), then, now);
+                    readoutAloud = android.text.format.DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(then, now,
+                            android.text.format.DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS,
+                            android.text.format.DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE);
+                } else {
+                    // unknown minutes~
+                    readout = "?m";
+                    readoutAloud = "? minutes";
+                }
+                timestampInfo.setText(readout);
+                timestampInfo.setContentDescription(readoutAloud);
             }
-            timestampInfo.setText(readout);
-            timestampInfo.setContentDescription(readoutAloud);
         }
 
         void setMessage(NotificationViewData.Concrete notificationViewData, LinkListener listener, BidiFormatter bidiFormatter) {