# Change user registration date (created\_at) via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-registration-date-created-at-via-api/172398>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [December 6, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-registration-date-created-at-via-api/172398 "2020-12-06T12:29:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-registration-date-created-at-via-api/172398/2 "2020-12-06T13:54:52Z")

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Is there a reason not to use a migration script? This and many other problems you are likely to encounter will be solved.

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