# How to change topic date after import

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-topic-date-after-import/292565>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** rest-api, rails-console\
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-topic-date-after-import/292565 "2024-01-22T21:32:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-topic-date-after-import/292565/4 "2024-01-22T22:21:51Z")

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Sounds like a job for the API: [updateTopicTimestamp](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Topics/operation/updateTopicTimestamp).

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