Snowflake to Date Decoder
Decode Discord snowflake IDs to timestamps and dates. Find when users, messages, guilds, or any Discord object was created.
What are Snowflakes?
Discord uses snowflakes as unique identifiers for most objects (users, messages, guilds, channels, etc.). They're 64-bit integers that encode the creation timestamp, making it easy to determine when any Discord object was created.
What are Discord Snowflakes?
Discord uses snowflakes as unique identifiers for most resources in their API. A snowflake is a 64-bit integer that encodes several pieces of information:
- Timestamp (42 bits): Milliseconds since Discord Epoch (January 1, 2015)
- Internal Worker ID (5 bits): Identifies which worker created the ID
- Internal Process ID (5 bits): Identifies which process created the ID
- Increment (12 bits): For every ID generated on a process, this is incremented
How to Get Snowflake IDs
1. Enable Developer Mode
Settings → Advanced → Developer Mode (toggle on)
2. Copy IDs
Right-click on any user, message, channel, or server and select "Copy ID"
3. Find in URLs
Discord URLs contain snowflake IDs for guilds, channels, and messages
https://discord.com/channels/GUILD_ID/CHANNEL_ID/MESSAGE_ID
4. From Bot Code
Most Discord objects expose their ID property
user.id, message.id, guild.id, channel.id
Common Use Cases
User Account Age
Find when a Discord user created their account by decoding their user ID.
Message Timestamps
Determine exactly when a message was sent, even if it's been edited.
Server Creation Date
Find out when a Discord server (guild) was created using its ID.
Debug Bot Issues
Troubleshoot timing issues by verifying when objects were created.
Snowflake Structure
Binary Breakdown
Example Breakdown
175928847299117063 0000001001111000011101111011011110000000000000000000000000000111 000000100111100001110111101101111 September 5, 2016 Discord Timestamp Formats
Discord supports special timestamp formatting that displays times in each user's local timezone:
<t:1234567890:t> Short Time (16:20) <t:1234567890:T> Long Time (16:20:30) <t:1234567890:d> Short Date (20/04/2021) <t:1234567890:D> Long Date (20 April 2021) <t:1234567890:f> Short Date/Time (20 April 2021 16:20) <t:1234567890:F> Long Date/Time (Tuesday, 20 April 2021 16:20) <t:1234567890:R> Relative Time (2 months ago) Best Practices
Use Built-in Methods
Discord libraries provide built-in methods for timestamp extraction. Use user.createdAt or SnowflakeUtil.timestampFrom() instead of manual calculation.
Snowflakes are Strings
Always treat snowflakes as strings in JavaScript to avoid precision loss with large integers. Use BigInt for calculations.
Account Age Verification
Decode user IDs to check account age for server security. New accounts might be alts or spam bots.
Discord Epoch Constant
Discord's epoch is January 1, 2015 (1420070400000ms). All Discord objects were created after this date.
Sorting by Snowflake
Snowflakes are roughly time-sortable. Higher IDs were created more recently (with some caveats for worker/process IDs).
Use for Audit Logging
Combine snowflake timestamps with audit logs to track when specific actions occurred in your server.