Question 1

What are Discord timestamps?

Accepted Answer

Discord timestamps are special formatting codes that display a date or time in a user's local timezone and locale. They use the format <t:UNIX_TIMESTAMP:FLAG> where the Unix timestamp is in seconds. Discord automatically converts and renders them for every user.

Question 2

What are all the Discord timestamp format flags?

Accepted Answer

There are 7 flags: t (short time, e.g. 9:41 AM), T (long time, e.g. 9:41:30 AM), d (short date, e.g. 01/20/2021), D (long date, e.g. January 20, 2021), f (short date/time, e.g. January 20, 2021 9:41 AM), F (long date/time with weekday), and R (relative, e.g. 3 years ago).

Question 3

Why does the timestamp look different for everyone?

Accepted Answer

Discord timestamps render in each user's own timezone and language settings. The same code will show different times for users in different timezones — that is the main use case for this feature.

Question 4

How do I use a Discord timestamp in a message?

Accepted Answer

Copy the timestamp code (e.g., <t:1611123690:R>) and paste it directly into any Discord message, channel topic, server description, or embed description. Discord will automatically render it.

Question 5

What is a Unix timestamp?

Accepted Answer

A Unix timestamp (also called epoch time) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 at 00:00:00 UTC. Discord uses seconds-precision Unix timestamps.

Discord Timestamp Generator

Discord Timestamp Generator