# Bookmark timers are relative to topic load, not button click
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-timers-are-relative-to-topic-load-not-button-click/352146
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** bookmarks
**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-timers-are-relative-to-topic-load-not-button-click/352146 "2025-02-13T19:53:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-timers-are-relative-to-topic-load-not-button-click/352146/1 "2025-02-13T19:53:36Z")
If you click Bookmark and set a timer for “In two hours”, the time will be relative to _when you loaded the topic_, not _when you clicked the Bookmark button_.
… I noticed this because I loaded a topic and then a few hours later tried to create a bookmark “In two hours” and got an error that I couldn’t create one in the past.
Repro video coming… in a few hours 😁
EDIT: below as promised
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-timers-are-relative-to-topic-load-not-button-click/352146/4 "2025-10-30T01:00:21Z")
I made a fix for this:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35694/files](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35694/files)
Testing is a bit tricky though, but I confirmed it works as expected on local
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-timers-are-relative-to-topic-load-not-button-click/352146/5 "2025-10-30T01:41:16Z")