         if username.match(new RegExp("^#{recipient}"), "i")
           tellmessage = "#{username}: "
           for message in localstorage[room][recipient]
-            timestr = timeago(message[1])
+            if config.relativeTime
+              timestr = timeago(message[1])
+            else
+              timestr = "at #{message[1].toLocaleString()}"
             tellmessage += "#{message[0]} said #{timestr}: #{message[2]}\r\n"
           delete localstorage[room][recipient]
           msg.send(tellmessage)


  # When a user enters, check if someone left them a message
  robot.enter (msg) ->
    timeago = require('timeago')
    username = msg.message.user.name
    room = msg.message.user.room
    if localstorage[room]?

    process.env.HUBOT_TELL_ALIASES.split(',').filter((x) -> x?.length)
  else
    []
  relativeTime: process.env.HUBOT_TELL_RELATIVE_TIME?

module.exports = (robot) ->
  localstorage = {}
