Discord glossary

Snowflake (Discord ID)

The unique numeric ID of every Discord user, server, channel, message, and role, with its creation time built in.

Snowflakes are 64-bit numbers. The top 42 bits are milliseconds since January 1, 2015, so you can read the exact creation time of anything from its ID.

Snowflake decoder

Related terms

Developer Mode: A Discord setting that adds Copy ID to right-click menus.
Server (guild): A Discord community with its own channels, roles, and members. Developers and the API call it a guild.
Timestamp: A code like <t:1790812800:F> that shows a time in each reader’s own time zone.

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