# Utility package: org-roam-timestamps

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/utility-package-org-roam-timestamps/2077>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/utility-package-org-roam-timestamps/2077 "2021-09-29T18:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![savnk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@savnk](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/savnk)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/utility-package-org-roam-timestamps/2077/5 "2021-12-04T02:59:25Z")

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Nice. This was on my [todo list](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-major-redesign/1198/85) for org-roam v2. For future reference, [midas](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-major-redesign/1198/89) said org-expiry auto stamps creation time.

> I chose a filebased approach over an extension to the db structure because the org-roam db is somewhat ephemeral, in that you should be able to regenerate the complete db from the files at any point in time.

I think placing in database is useful for sorting and filtering as I do so in [org roam search](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-search/2031).

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