# Moving posts into an existing topic doesn't keep chronology

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** [21. Oktober 2014 um 23:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392 "2014-10-21T23:45:42Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4. Januar 2016 um 23:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392/15 "2016-01-04T23:28:50Z")

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With the understanding that there is no ideal solution to this topic, I think that the fact that the first post that is merged gets a “new” timestamp while the remainder of the merged posts maintain their original time stamp is a bug and should be fixed regardless of when/if a decision is made on the larger issue of merged topics.

> [@Moving multiple posts resets timestamp only on first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-multiple-posts-resets-timestamp-only-on-first-post/37244):
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> Summary: When selecting and moving multiple posts to another thread, the first post moved has its timestamp reset to the time of the move, while the remaining posts retain the original timestamp. Steps to reproduce: Select more than one post in a thread. Move posts to another thread. Expected Results: All posts retain original time stamp. Actual Results: Original post timestamp changes to time of move. Results in strange timestamps in thread (potential for a post later in thread to have…

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