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Two Ways to Get a Message Timestamp
- From the Discord API — the
timestampfield in the message object (ISO 8601 string) - From the message Snowflake ID — decode the ID to get millisecond-precision timing
Free online Discord Message Timestamp - Find When Messages Were Sent tool. No signup required.
Right-click message → Copy ID (Developer Mode required)
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timestamp field in the message object (ISO 8601 string)Enable Developer Mode (Settings → Advanced → Developer Mode), then right-click any message and select Copy ID. The message ID is a 17-19 digit snowflake ID.
Yes! Every Discord message ID contains its creation timestamp. As long as you have the message ID, you can decode it to find exactly when it was sent, even for very old messages.
Discord message IDs are snowflake IDs - 64-bit integers containing timestamp (41 bits), worker ID (10 bits), and sequence (12 bits). They use epoch January 1, 2015.
Enable Developer Mode in Discord settings, right-click the message, select Copy ID, then paste it into our timestamp finder. It instantly shows when the message was sent.