# Add time information to events **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 24, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865 "2020-10-24T08:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stdedos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@stdedos](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/stdedos)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865/1 "2020-10-24T08:40:10Z")
I understand that in the long run time information is useless (who cares that 25 years ago, something happened at 09:45?), but it doesn’t hurt to include them either. If this would be a traditional software, my question would be more straightforward: Why don’t you allow the date object to be datetime instead? Gramps being Gramps, I don’t know how to exactly formulate my question; instead, I’ll leave it a little bit more “open-ended”. (Please include your Gramps version and Operating System): Windows 10/Ubuntu / 5.1.3 (if I have added them on my profile, why do I need to again add them here?) ---
**Author:** ![Mattkmmr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/mattkmmr/32/410_2.png) [@Mattkmmr](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Mattkmmr)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865/2 "2020-10-24T09:17:56Z")
You can add time as event attributes. ---
**Author:** ![stdedos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@stdedos](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/stdedos)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865/3 "2020-10-24T09:40:17Z")
How does that work in the Gramps model? Is it a linkable key, (string)value pair? I used description; albeit weird, it is still immediately visible on the person’s event. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865/4 "2020-10-24T21:06:20Z")
> [@stdedos](#): > > (Please [include your Gramps version](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Prerequisites_Checker_Gramplet) and Operating System): > Windows 10/Ubuntu / 5.1.3 (if I have added them on my profile, why do I need to again add them here?) Because it is optional in the profile & most people don’t opt in. Even if they do, it’s too much for the occasional Discourse user to remember they can drill down to discover that info while answering a question. Why make people do extra effort when you’re asking the favor of help? ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865/5 "2020-10-24T21:16:50Z")
[Attributes](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Attributes_in_Gramps) is a tab of records in the Event & Person Editors. (You can also add the built-in Attributes Gramplets with the other tabs in the Bottombar.) There are a few Attributes management tools & custom filter rules but… since it isn’t predictable data, there are no built in analysis features and they are overlooked in a lot of the reports. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/add-time-information-to-events/865/6 "2020-11-23T21:17:02Z")
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