Date and Time in Search box

[witmermotorservice]

So, I randomly found a weird glitch or feature or easter egg on ebay. I'm trying to type a part number "D80AS1" in the search box.

I get as far as "D8" and am greeted with a search bar that says "IT IS JUNE 28TH 2019, 9:39:28 AM RIGHT NOW"

Typing 'd8' produces "it is June 28th 2019, 9:41:01 am right now" I can't get any other combinations of numbers with 'd' to produce anything

🙂 I think I found some sort of easter egg. Are there more? 🙂

So, anybody else having the same results? (I know I can copy/paste the part number in, but this seems like something that might annoy some users)

[witmermotorservice]

hmm. might actually be a chrome bug... not reproducible in IE. Running Chrome 75.0.3770.100

[eburtonlab]

@witmermotorservice 

Using the same version of Chrome, I am not able to reproduce the effect typing "d8" into the search box on the main ebay.com page.

Although I just noticed that if I type "d8" into google, I get a "random" roll of a d8 die.

[dtexley3 · Accepted solution]

You have some sort of BHO (browser helper object) or plugin installed that is "helping" you.

[witmermotorservice]

Already checked the browser extension thing.. Only running adblock+ and gallerify... though an auto-typer/expander would explain the behavior if i'd be using one...

hang on a couple seconds... and there she is... a hidden extension added to my browser - Auto-text Expander for chrome... Judging from the entries, I now need to search for a co-worker...

Pardon the thread...