# Add Time Stamps to files added to the network

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/add-time-stamps-to-files-added-to-the-network/4913>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/add-time-stamps-to-files-added-to-the-network/4913 "2019-02-23T17:55:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![hector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/hector/32/178_2.png) [@hector](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/hector)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/add-time-stamps-to-files-added-to-the-network/4913/8 "2019-02-28T15:15:06Z")

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So right now you can add `--name` to every item that you pin in cluster. The upcoming feature allows you to add any custom “key:value” to it. The information is stored by Cluster.

> And it is possible to generate a Timestamp directly in IPFS in order to be sure that a file has been added to IPFS in that date and at that time?

It is not possible at the moment, but timestamps can be faked so adding a timestamp on a custom tag is equivalent to IPFS doing it for you. What I mean is that, regardless of how you do it, you cannot “be _sure_ that a file has been added in a date/time”

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