Suggestion to Add Automatic Timestamps

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Please add automatic timestamps to ChatGPT responses and API outputs. A timestamp field (e.g., 2025-03-17T14:32:08Z) would improve context tracking, debugging, and exporting conversations. This would enhance usability and provide better traceability for both users and developers.

Thank you!

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Have a look at the events emitted by Responses endpoint:

You may find the existing UNIX timestamps useful.

event: response.in_progress

data: {
  "type": "response.in_progress",
  "response": {
    "id": "resp_67d67f5...",
    "object": "response",
    "created_at": 1742110552,
    "status": "in_progress",
    "error": null,
    "incomplete_details": null,
    "instructions": "(instructions by parameter)",
    "max_output_tokens": 500,
    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "output": [],
    "parallel_tool_calls": true,
    "previous_response_id": null,
    "reasoning": {
      "effort": null,
      "generate_summary": null
    },
    "store": false,
    "temperature": 0.9,
    "text": {
      "format": {
        "type": "text"
      }
    },
    "tool_choice": "auto",
    "tools": [],
    "top_p": 0.9,
    "truncation": "disabled",
    "usage": null,
    "user": null,
    "metadata": {}
  }
}