# Question about created\_at

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/question-about-created-at/7145>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/question-about-created-at/7145 "2016-08-15T18:26:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![0x29a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/9e8a1a/32.png) [@0x29a](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/0x29a)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/question-about-created-at/7145/1 "2016-08-15T18:26:43Z")

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Hello everyone. I’ve got a quick question about the created\_at key in the kraken API.

I’ve been reading that you can use the created\_at key to generate an !uptime sort of command. I’m not asking for technical help on how to do that, that all makes sense to me. However whenever I reference the created\_at key on a stream, it seems to be very old. Possibly when the account was actually created?

For instance, for user angrypug\_, his JSON return looks like:

`{ mature: false, status: "Survivor ONLY - Rank 1 - Prestige 3 Dwight Max Perks", broadcaster_language: "en", display_name: "ANGRYPUG_", game: "Dead by Daylight", language: "en", _id: 63164470, name: "angrypug_", created_at: "2014-05-26T00:37:27Z", updated_at: "2016-08-15T18:04:36Z", delay: null, logo: "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/angrypug_-profile_image-84ae9fadb836b01f-300x300.jpeg", banner: null, video_banner: "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/angrypug_-channel_offline_image-4cf24edaa15bce5c-1920x1080.jpeg", background: null, profile_banner: "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/angrypug_-profile_banner-e20a61bb0088dcad-480.jpeg", profile_banner_background_color: null, partner: true, url: "https://www.twitch.tv/angrypug_", views: 4076856, followers: 121184, _links: { self: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_", follows: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/follows", commercial: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/commercial", stream_key: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/stream_key", chat: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/chat/angrypug_", subscriptions: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/subscriptions", editors: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/editors", teams: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/teams", videos: "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/angrypug_/videos" } }`

This user started a stream this morning, however his created\_at key shows the year 2014, and not actually when the stream started.

Am I missing something entirely?

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**Author:** ![george](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/george/32/120_2.png) [@george](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/george)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/question-about-created-at/7145/2 "2016-08-15T19:13:29Z")

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You want to use created\_at under the /streams endpoint not /channels.

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**Author:** ![0x29a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/9e8a1a/32.png) [@0x29a](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/0x29a)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/question-about-created-at/7145/3 "2016-08-15T19:14:36Z")

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siiigh. Thank you very much 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/question-about-created-at/7145/4 "2016-09-14T19:14:41Z")

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Closed on September 14, 2016, 7:14pm UTC

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