# Anniversary of join date
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333
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**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333 "2022-05-12T16:53:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/1 "2022-05-12T16:53:06Z")
I just noticed a little cake icon next to my name, and hovering over it it says today is the anniversary of my join date. Clicked on my icon in the top right, but couldn’t find my join date in my profile or anywhere.
Can someone tell me where I can find that? (Just kinda wondering how long I’ve been wandering around these parts!)
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/2 "2022-05-12T16:58:49Z")
If you expand the Profile summary page it shows the join date in the top left of the text. There is an expand button on the top right of the summary page to do that.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/3 "2022-05-12T16:59:00Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> Clicked on my icon in the top right, but couldn’t find my join date in my profile or anywhere.
When you’re looking at your profile, there’s a gray box in the upper right that says “Expand.” Click that and it’ll show you your join date (among other things).
At least, that’s what works for me. Your mileage may vary, I suppose, depending on device and theme.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/4 "2022-05-12T17:27:07Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> When you’re looking at your profile, there’s a gray box in the upper right that says “Expand.” Click that and it’ll show you your join date (among other things).
Thanks. That is so funny - that box was right there but absolutely invisible to me, until you told me about it.
20 years! 🙄
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/5 "2022-05-12T17:30:15Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> that box was right there but absolutely invisible to me, until you told me about it.
I don’t think I ever noticed it before, until I went looking to see if I could find the answer to your question!
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/6 "2022-05-12T20:50:22Z")
On my PC’s web browser, if I click your name or avatar it says your join date in a box that pops up.
### Joined May 11, '00
(Copy-pasted from the box.)
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/7 "2022-05-12T20:53:18Z")
Huh ? It says **May 12, '00** on mine !
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/8 "2022-05-12T20:55:43Z")
My guess is that it’s contextual, and changes depending on your time zone. I’m on the west coast of the US, you’re in the UK.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/9 "2022-05-12T21:05:02Z")
Bunch of us were bored back in May 00, huh? 😉
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/10 "2022-05-12T21:26:30Z")
I assume @pjd was declaring that your profile says May 12 to them; pjd’s join date is May 21, '03 from what my browser is saying.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-join-date/964333/11 "2022-05-12T21:39:44Z")
Oops. Just trying to prove exactly how clueless I can be. Need any more convincing? 😃