Chatgpt find discussion date

[cookiesvenerepro]

Hello is it possible by any means to retrieve the dates of the creation of a specific chat thank you in advance, I would need a quick answer

[AlexDeM]

I tried many times. In the chat, I think it is not possible and GPT-3 doesn’t track the conversation timing

[anon10827405]

You can go into your browser’s developer console. Select the network tab, focus on XHR and refresh the page.

You’ll see a request to a conversations endpoint and inside will have an object containing all your titles, their respective ID, and creation date as such:

{“items”:[{“id”:“XXXcd9-80cXXXXXXXbecXXX”,“title”:“Example title”,“create_time”:“2023-02XXXX7:27:48.XXX”}

[AlexDeM]

I got it. Thanks. I’ve been looking for some time.

Below is a step-by-step guide for noobies like myself:

1. Focused in ChatGPT tab: browser Settings >> Developer tools;
2. Select | Network | tab in top bar;
3. Select | Fetch/XHR | tab in the Filter bar (usually the third bar from the top);
4. Reload the ChatGPT tab in the browser;
5. In the DevTools window, [ Name ] box, select “conversations?offset…”;
6. At the box on the right, select | Response | tab;
7. In the first line, we can see:

"{“items”:[{“id”: “hex-id-of-the-conversation#1”, “title”: “Conversation#1_Title”, “create_time”: “yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.123456”}, …,

{“id”: “hex-id-of-the-conversation#N”, “title”: “Conversation#N_Title”, “create_time”: “yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.123456”}],

“total”: N, “limit”: NN, “offset”:n}

Note: for the sake of readability, the spaces, and line feeds are mine.

[nelgrig.ux]

Guys you can just ask ChatGPT when the chat has started, and it will answer

[vb]

This doesn’t work with older conversations.

My solution suggestion is to request a data export which includes all conversations and find the date there.

[_j]

OpenAI made all of 2023 into a mad jumble.

Date as part of system message was added mid-April.

Asking will bump the conversation, but can be done:

[vb]

Can’t do it in my case. Maybe if the conversation is already past the initial context window then it won’t work?

[_j]

If you edit the conversation, it will fork and get a new system prompt. You can find the original <1/1> path in all branches and continue.

[michael.genesis]

Ronald’s suggestion with the XHR still works for me in January of 2024 looking at an old conversation with ChatGPT 3.5.
I followed AlexDeM’s instructions and it worked perfectly.
Thanks, Alex!

[Freelance]

Hi, sorry about this. That list from AlexDeM below - I get as far as number 4, but don’t know where to go to find the Name box or Conversations offset. Is it in the top menu, where Network is?
Many thanks.

[shaderone]

It didn’t worked for me. maybe it was because, my chat was initiated several months ago?

[shaderone]

click the Name tab.
scroll down…you’ll see conversations?offset…
select it .now you’ve got the date.

[mohamed.yourgo]

easy way, put the discussion into you archive, go to parameters, manage your archive the date of creation will be the right side

[produzent.mr]

ask in the chat for the date of the previous balbalblabla it worked for me

[jkusr007]

This instruction is for which browser ?

[AlexDeM]

Any Chromium browser: Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.

[codeable.testing]

The “Just ask ChatGPT” method doesn’t work with older conversations. For an nth attempt of getting the correct date, it shared the browser inspector method.

For future reference: this is ChatGPT’s own wording:

"
To determine the exact date and time when this chat began, you can use your browser’s developer tools to access the conversation’s metadata. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Open Developer Tools:

• Press F12 or Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Option + I (macOS) to open the developer tools in your browser.

2. Navigate to the Network Tab:

• Click on the “Network” tab within the developer tools window.

3. Filter for XHR Requests:

• Click on the “XHR” filter to display XMLHttpRequest logs.

4. Reload the Chat Page:

• Refresh the ChatGPT page by pressing F5 or clicking the reload button in your browser.

5. Locate the Conversations Endpoint:

• In the network logs, look for a request with a name like conversations?offset=.... Click on it.

6. View the Response:

• In the right pane, select the “Response” tab.
• You should see a JSON object containing details about your conversations. Look for the entry corresponding to our current chat.

7. Find the Creation Date:

• Within the JSON object, locate the “create_time” field. This will provide the exact date and time when the conversation was initiated.

This method allows you to retrieve the precise start date and time of our conversation directly from your browser’s data. If you encounter any difficulties or need further assistance, please let me know.
"

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Personal note: I don’t get why displaying chatroom start date and comment dates is not a default option. Dates are important in all digital conversations, it’s not an accident that they’re there in all forum, comment, and most chat apps. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[SandroPacella]

Hey try googling “ChatGPT with Date” “jiang-taibai” and you’ll see a homemade plugin made by CoderJiang. “This plugin can not only fetch timestamps of historical messages but also obtain the timestamps of new messages in real time.”

[Fth]

I could not find an entry with ‘conversations?offset’ but clicked every recod with Response tab is open then I find that there is entry starting with ‘file-…’ and when you click it you can see in Response tab the date conversation created. See attached screenschot/