Blooncyclopedia:Dates and timestamps
Because almost all Bloons media to date has been released worldwide at specific timestamps rather than region-specific dates, this wiki uses timestamps for all releases, updates, and events when available and displays them in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
How to format timestamps
Copy the timestamp and place it inside {{timestamp}}. This template displays the date in UTC and the timestamp when hovered over (or tapped on when using the mobile view). The template will work with a number of timestamp formats.
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
2013-02-10T18:16:41-05:00
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10 February 2013 |
2021-06-14T20:36:50Z
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14 June 2021 |
@1717882640
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8 June 2024 |
When a timestamp can't be found
If a date is given by an official source, but not a timestamp, the {{date}} parameter should be used instead. This formats the date in the same notation, but does not display a timestamp when hovered over or tapped. This template also works with many formats. Ideally, timestamps should be used when available.
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, 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).
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