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#archive-notes
How the logging works. Timestamps are UTC. Gaps are real.
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The channel about the archive itself: how the export runs, why some days are missing, why timestamps are UTC and not local, how redaction requests are handled, and what the archivists will not do.
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Every timestamp in the archive is UTC. Not your local time, not the poster’s local time. UTC. This is why a UK evening conversation looks like it happened at 20:40.
A missing day means the channel had no traffic that day, not that something was removed. Removals are logged and counted on /archive-policy/.
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2026-06-30there is no window on a redaction request, any published line at any time15 msgs · 6 people2026-06-24there were two multi day logging failures, one in 2024 and one in 2025, those days are just gone23 msgs · 6 people2026-06-23the redaction marker links to the policy page so nobody has to guess what happened8 msgs · 4 people2026-06-21there is no window on a redaction request, any published line at any time, happy to be corrected8 msgs · 3 people2026-06-19the automated pass runs after the day seals, not live, so you cant watch it work20 msgs · 7 people2026-06-16whole day redactions have happened twice and both were at member request10 msgs · 4 people2026-06-15the edited marker means the line was changed inside the same day, before the day sealed12 msgs · 3 people2026-06-14does renaming a channel break links to the old days14 msgs · 3 people2026-06-13sorry to jump in is there a limit on how much i can ask to be removed33 msgs · 9 people2026-06-10it once removed a line about a bus route because it read like a handle24 msgs · 7 people2026-06-06an edit inside the first minute is silent, after that it marks, which catches people out22 msgs · 8 people2026-06-04how are missing days counted in the totals30 msgs · 6 people2026-06-03one file per day8 msgs · 3 people2026-05-29a redacted line cant be restored, thats intentional, otherwise the request means nothing23 msgs · 6 people2026-05-27logged and sealed24 msgs · 6 people2026-05-26exports are one file per channel per day because thats the shape the logger writes16 msgs · 3 people2026-05-25how are missing days counted in the totals9 msgs · 2 people2026-05-24gaps are real10 msgs · 3 people2026-05-23i tested the link stripper four times in 2024 and it won every time13 msgs · 3 people2026-05-21policy page covers it19 msgs · 6 people2026-05-20still confuses me26 msgs · 6 people2026-05-19a day seals at 00:00 UTC and after that only a redaction touches it13 msgs · 5 people2026-05-06gaps look worse in the sourcing channels because of the new year window when suppliers close9 msgs · 3 people2026-05-05the duplicate timestamps are real, two people typing in the same minute get the same stamp25 msgs · 8 people2026-04-26whats the difference between a missing day and an empty day16 msgs · 5 people2026-04-23whats the difference between a missing day and an empty day21 msgs · 5 people2026-04-22Purity check: no report on file for lot SG-1177. Nothing logged either way.8 msgs · 3 people2026-04-17came back after 7 months and my old lines were exactly where i left them, edited markers included8 msgs · 4 people2026-04-15can i get an export of just my own lines25 msgs · 5 people2026-04-13a redacted line cant be restored, thats intentional, otherwise the request means nothing31 msgs · 5 people
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the timestamp confusion is the most asked thing in2026-06-24 · 6 msgsare reply quotes preserved if the quoted line got2026-06-19 · 14 msgsthe totals count published days only, so a missing2026-06-06 · 13 msgsare the timestamps local or UTC, my day looks2026-05-27 · 16 msgsasked for an export of my own lines and2026-05-20 · 7 msgsrenames keep the old paths working, i checked a2026-01-11 · 5 msgsthe mental health channel gets the lowest bar for2025-11-16 · 12 msgsgenuine question the timestamp confusion is the most asked2025-11-03 · 13 msgsthe automated pass runs after the day seals, not2025-07-26 · 5 msgs