YouTube Timestamp Generator

Four: the first timestamp must be 0:00, there must be at least three, they must be in ascending order, and each chapter must be at least ten seconds long. Every line needs a title after its time. The tool checks all of these as you type and says which one is missing; when they all pass it says so.

Minutes and seconds (1:23), hours too (1:02:03), unit style (1h2m3s, 90s) or plain seconds (90). The time can be at the start or the end of the line, with or without brackets, dashes or a colon between it and the title. Plain seconds are the one exception: write them in brackets or with a dash or colon — [90] Intro or 90 - Intro — so a title like “5 tips for beginners” is not read as a time. It always comes out as 0:00 or 0:00:00 — the format YouTube reads.

A YouTube link with ?t= and a number of seconds opens the video at that second — youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=83 starts at 1:23. Paste the video link and each chapter gets its own link, plus one “copy all” list with the time, title and link on each line.

Yes — paste the video link and type one line with just the time. The chapter-rule notes only matter if you are making chapters, so ignore them.

Chapters show on regular videos and on live streams after they end and the description has the block. Shorts do not display chapters, though timestamp links to a Short still open it.

Check that the block is in the description itself (not a comment), that the first line is 0:00, and that there are three or more lines at least ten seconds apart. Automatic chapters may also be on for the video — turn them off under Show more in the video details if you want yours instead. Changes can take a few minutes to appear.

No. The lines are parsed and formatted in your browser; the page never sends your text or link anywhere.