# How do I change forum created date?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-forum-created-date/356826
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-forum-created-date/356826 "2025-03-11T17:30:07Z")
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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-forum-created-date/356826/8 "2025-03-11T18:54:45Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> I had someone else who wanted to change that date before. I tracked down the query that gets this date and found a way to change it. I can’t remember and can’t find any notes I may have made.

Am I the only one who does remember this? And I didn’t need AI? 🤣

FYI:

> [@New and improved About page at /about is live](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-improved-about-page-at-about-is-live/324212/59):
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> Thank you, that looks a lot better than the About page we had before! slight_smile Is it possible to see the number of overall/total topics and posts again? /EDIT: Just noticed: I see “Created 2 years ago”. Can this be adjusted? We started our forum in 2012, but migrated to Discourse 2 years ago. So this information is not accurate.

> [@New and improved About page at /about is live](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-improved-about-page-at-about-is-live/324212/63):
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> Here’s the query that gets the date: result = DB.query\_single \<\<~SQL SELECT created\_at FROM schema\_migration\_details ORDER BY created\_at LIMIT 1 SQL If you’re self-hosted, there should be a way to update the earliest created\_at item in that table with some other date. Writing the query is left as an exercise to the ready. play_button Don't try this at home

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