# Custom org-id format

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/custom-org-id-format/3448>\
**Category:** Tips\
**Created:** [April 28, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/custom-org-id-format/3448 "2024-04-28T22:55:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/alanz/32/717_2.png) [@alanz](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/alanz)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/custom-org-id-format/3448/2 "2024-04-30T18:33:48Z")

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FWIW, I am happy with the normal timestamp format, via

```auto
  ;; Use an ISO8601 timestamp for IDs
  (org-id-method 'ts)

```

Which shows up as `20240430T181635.273283`

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