Natural Discord Timestamp Generator

How to use this timestamp generator

Type a time or date into the box. You don’t have to be precise; just type it using your natural language, and it’ll pop-up with timestamps to copy. It also accepts relative dates as well!

For instance:

• “July 1st” - July 1st of the current year.
• “now” - The current date and time.
• “1pm” - 1:00 PM.
• “Tuesday” - The Tuesday of this week.
• “in 1h” - The time an hour from now.
• “1pm cst” - 1:00 PM, but in Central Standard Time.

You can select a timestamp using the arrow keys, and hit Enter to copy it. No need to leave your keyboard!

Why use Discord timestamps?

Discord Timestamps aren’t specific to any timezone. When sent in chat, they automatically show the correct time for each person across timezones. This makes it a lot easier on everyone. You just see the correct time without needing to do any manual calculation.

What does Discord use to create relative timestamp dates?

As of July 25th, 2025, Discord appears to use Moment.js in its code to show a relative date, which is a JavaScript library that deals with calculating and displaying dates.

This generator uses the same method as well when previewing the date for some extra accuracy.

Discord doesn’t use Moment.js’s default options however. If you’re nerdy and want to see the specific code Discord uses, open Discord’s minified web.js, and search for .fromNow(). You should see a function that also has some calls to relativeTimeThreshold(). You can confirm this is what Discord uses by setting a breakpoint. It’ll hit it when Discord updates the timestamp.

When typing “now”, the preview says “1 seconds ago”. Is this correct?

Yes. Discord doesn’t ever show “now” in chat, and also erroneously shows the seconds as plural.

Suggestions, comments, questions?

Feel free to contact me on one of my active socials! I spent a lot of time tweaking this to get it to feel right and seamless, and I would love any feedback to make it even more so.