Time Passes…

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
1606

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About

Time Passes is a timeline of your life, world history, and the universe.

Use it to create a timeline of your life and the life of your family. Add events both important and mundane. Keep a daily journal.

Roadmap

Planned future additions:

shared events - share life events with friends and family
calendar integration - import and export calendar events
event reminders - add alerts and anniversary reminders to events

Contact

Twitter: @timepasses_net
Email: [email protected]

Support

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Help

Use vertical scroll or the up/down arrow keys to zoom the timeline
Use horizontal scroll or the left/right arrow keys to pan the timeline
Use the drop-down menu and arrow buttons to jump quickly to set time periods
Click on an event for more information about it
Click 'Add Event' in the menubar to create a new event. You must be logged in to create events.
Private events are encrypted on the server and in transit and cannot be seen by other users or by the site admins.

FAQs

Why do you use YYYY-MM-DD for the date format?: Because it's clear, unambiguous, and an international standard. Seriously, stop using D/M/Y and M/D/Y — it's confusing and archaic.
Who determines what events are displayed in the timeline?: Everyone who contributes. It's a bit idiosyncratic at the moment because I just add events as I think of them or find out about them.
An important event is missing?: Please feel free to add it. (Public events are moderated and may be edited.)
What does 'visibility' mean?: Visibility is the time scale at which an event becomes visible. You can think of it as (very roughly) an event's importance. Events in human history should be in the range of 0–10, but "deep-time" events can go up to 300+.
[ More technically, visibility = Log₁₀( years per pixel ) + 6 ]
Can I share my private events?: Not yet. I hope to add shared events in the future.
Can I get a list of my events?: Yes. Try this: List of private events
Also: List of public events
Can I download a copy of my events?: Yes. Try these links: JSON | HTML | plain text
The files should appear in your downloads folder.
Is there a way to upload events?: Yes, but only for private events. See: import events
How can I support this?: Time Passes is free to use.
If you like it, you can help support it by buying me a coffee!

Technical

This site is built with:

Vanilla JS (no front-end frameworks).
Userbase for data storage. Data is encrypted end-to-end, so it's private.
Digital Ocean App Platform for hosting.
Simple Analytics for stats. Simple Analytics doesn't track you or collect any personal data.
Proton Mail for email.
Buy me a coffee for donations.
The code was written in BBEdit 11 on a 2014 MacBook Pro. I know I should upgrade them both, but...

Public Events (table)

Start Date	End Date	Event	Category	Visibility	View	Edit	Delete
		Add Event

Private Events (table)

Must be signed in to see or add user events

Start Date	End Date	Event	Category	Visibility	View	Edit	Delete
		Add Event

View Event

Start Date:
End Date:
Location:
Description:
Shared:
Category:
Visibility:
Link:
	edit event \| delete event

Add Event

Must be signed in to add events

Private Event Public Event ⓘ︎ ☜(more information)

Public events can be seen by everyone.
Private events by you only.

Title ⓘ︎ (required)

The title shows in the timeline. Keep it short.

Start Date ⓘ (required)

Use DD Month YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
D/M/Y and M/D/Y won't work!

If you know the precise time, you can use full ISO-8861 datetime
format (include timezone!).

For 'deep time' events, use years only
(negative for deep past, positive for deep future).

End Date ⓘ︎

Optional: not required for single-day events.
For multiple-day events add an end date.
For ongoing events use 'now', 'present' or 'ongoing'.

Use the same format as Start Date.

Date ⓘ︎

A more readable form of the date (that appears in the timeline).
You'll probably want to edit it.

Location ⓘ︎

Use lat-long or a human readable location.

Description ⓘ︎

A brief summary of what happened.
Use the 'link' field below to link to more information.

Edit Event

Must be signed in to edit events

Delete Event

Must be signed in to delete events

Are you sure you want to delete this event?

This can not be undone.

Import Events

You can bulk import private events as a JSON file. First download your existing events as a JSON file. If you don't have any, try creating a few first. Then copy the format for additional events.

Existing events will be updated (instead of re-added) as long as you keep the ItemId the same. An ItemId will be created for new events, so leave that blank for them (use empty quotes: "").

It's worth validating your JSON file to try to catch any mistakes before you try to upload it. Many code editors can do this, or you could try an online validator.

Must be signed in to import events

Sign In

Username: (required)

Email: ⓘ︎

Not needed to sign in.
Email is optional when registering, but without it you won't be able to recover your password if you forget it.

Password: ⓘ︎ (required)

Minimum 6 characters.
Keep this somewhere secure: the site admins cannot recover lost passwords or data. See note in forgotten password for details.

— or —

Forgotten password?

Signed In

You are signed in as: .

Update user details?

Admin

Download public events (JSON)

token value appears here

Update User Details

You must be signed in to change you details.

Username: (required)

Email: ⓘ︎

Not required, but if you leave this blank your current email (if set) will be deleted, and your password will be unrecoverable if you forget it!

Current password: (required)

New password: (required)

Forgotten Password

To recover your password you need:

To have previously set your email address
Your username
Access to a device you have previously logged into Time Passes on.

Note that private event data is encrypted on the server and the site admins have no way to recover it.
Only you can recover it, and only if you have the three things above.

Username: