# Datetime type in metadata

**URL:** <https://community.pinecone.io/t/datetime-type-in-metadata/3413>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/datetime-type-in-metadata/3413 "2023-10-17T05:49:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jasper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/jasper/32/4514_2.png) [@Jasper](https://community.pinecone.io/u/Jasper)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/datetime-type-in-metadata/3413/1 "2023-10-17T05:49:23Z")

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**Datetime type in metadata**  
There has been some discussions on how to overcome the lack of this type that most of us was used to from other database types ([Filtering on date metadata?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/filtering-on-date-metadata/913)) but I think it would be something many of users would use in metadata (eg. re-ranking, tracking validity of documents…)

How heavy the datetime comparison would be behind the scenes is probably another topic, but it would be a valuable metadata option.