Blooncyclopedia:Dates and timestamps

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Because almost all Bloons media to date has been released worldwide at specific times rather than region-specific dates, this wiki prefers to use timestamps over dates when such information is available. That way, it's easier to tell what day something released in your time zone instead of leaving it ambiguous.

How to format dates and timestamps

Copy the timestamp and place it inside {{date}} if it is a date, or {{timestamp}} if it is a timestamp. Both dates and timestamps will be formatted in DD/MM/YYYY, and the timestamp template displays the date in UTC and the timestamp when hovered over (or tapped on when using the mobile view). The templates will work with a number of formats and notations.

{{date}}
Input Output
19 aug 2007 19 August 2007
December 15, 2011 15 December 2011
{{timestamp}}
Input Output
2013-02-10T18:16:41-05:00 10 February 2013
2021-06-14T20:36:50Z 14 June 2021
@1717882640 8 June 2024

How to find timestamps

  • Steam: Look the game up on SteamDB. Note that the release date shown on the game's main page is for the initial release and does not list release dates for platforms that gained support post-release (for example, macOS support for Bloons TD 6).
  • Google Play: Using Inspect Element on the game's page, search for scripts that start with AF_initDataCallback. One of them will have an array that looks like ["Aug 28, 2018",[1535459641,183000000]] — the number in the middle is the timestamp and can be formatted as {{timestamp|@1535459641}} (28 August 2018).