# Time of creation

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**Created:** [April 20, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/time-of-creation/3540 "2023-04-20T16:23:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/time-of-creation/3540/2 "2023-04-20T16:44:33Z")

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The creation timestamp is part of the object’s handle. [Here’s](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/handle-and-change-columns-in-sqlite-export/986) an example of how to decode it using SQL.

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