Discord users on the r/discordapp subreddit have spotted what looks like a new native feature for creating dynamic timestamps, and it could finally put those third-party converter websites out of business. According to a post by user xdeadzx, typing @time now brings up an autocomplete menu that lets you quickly insert relative timestamps without leaving the app.
The feature works by detecting what you type after the @ symbol. You can apparently enter things like “tomorrow 3pm” or “in 2 days” and Discord will spit out a properly formatted timestamp that adjusts to each user’s local time zone. xdeadzx mentioned it defaults to future times but offers a popup for past dates when you only enter a time. Right now, it seems limited to desktop clients and isn’t rolling out to everyone at once.
What’s interesting here is that this addresses a real pain point for anyone managing communities across different time zones. Until now, you’d need to visit sites like hammertime.cyou or similar timestamp generators just to coordinate events or meetings. DjSuperPandaTV commented in the thread saying, “it beats having to use a third-party website for Discord time stamps,” which pretty much sums up the general reaction.
A Discord staff member, advaith1, actually jumped into the thread to clarify some technical details. According to the staff reply, Discord uses a library called Chrono for supported languages and falls back to Moment for others. That explains why the feature can understand such a wide range of inputs, from “in 2 weeks” to specific dates like “1/3/26 3pm.”
Users have been testing the limits too. One person discovered you can go as far as 273,734 years into the future before hitting what’s probably a 64-bit limit. Can’t say that’ll be useful for most server announcements, but it’s fun to know.
The response has been surprisingly positive compared to Discord’s usual feature rollouts. Multiple people pointed out that it’s not locked behind Nitro, which is refreshing. ItsRainbow noted they’ve been waiting over four years for something like this. Whether Discord keeps the feature after testing or tweaks it further remains to be seen, but for now it looks like a genuinely helpful addition.
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