# Time blocks

> 12 blocks in the Time category.

[All blocks](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks.md)

| Block | ID | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Get Current Date and Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/get-current-datetime-basic.md) | `get_current_datetime_basic` | Get the current UTC date and time in various formats. |
| [Parse Unix Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/parse-unix-time.md) | `parse_unix_time` | Parse a Unix timestamp into a human-readable date and time. |
| [Get Snowflake Timestamp](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/get-snowflake-timestamp.md) | `get_snowflake_timestamp` | Convert a Discord snowflake ID into a creation date and time. |
| [Sleep / Wait](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/sleep-wait.md) | `sleep_wait` | Pause the flow for a specified duration. |
| [Parse Relative Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/parse-relative-time.md) | `parse_relative_time` | Parse a user-provided relative time string into a Unix timestamp. |
| [Modify Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/modify-time.md) | `modify_time` | Add or subtract time from a Unix timestamp. |
| [Get Specific Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/get-specific-time.md) | `get_specific_time` | Get a specific time in the future or past in a variety of formats. |
| [Truncate Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/truncate-time.md) | `truncate_time` | Truncate a Unix timestamp to a given period. |
| [Parse Month Name](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/parse-month-name.md) | `parse_month_name` | Parse a month name into a number. |
| [Parse Date and Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/parse-datetime.md) | `parse_datetime` | Parse a date and time into a Unix timestamp with a variety of parsing options. |
| [Standard Format Date and Time](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/machine-format-datetime.md) | `machine_format_datetime` | Format a Unix timestamp into a standardized date and time string. |
| [Generate Timecode](https://inventor.bot/docs/reference/blocks/time/generate-timecode.md) | `generate_timecode` | Generate a Discord timestamp timecode from a Unix time. |