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Snowflake IDs, or snowflakes, are a form of unique identifier used in distributed computing. The format was created by Twitter (now X) and is used for the IDs of tweets. [ 1 ] It is popularly believed that every snowflake has a unique structure, so they took the name "snowflake ID".
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The template accepts a single positional parameter and returns a timestamp based on the ID passed. The timestamp is by default in the format of "January 1, 2021", but if |format=dmy is passed, it's instead presented as "1 January 2021".
The graphic showing "Components of a snowflake identifier in binary" differs from its source (where sequence and worker ID are swapped, and more annotations exist), and also does not actually show components in binary, given the fact each box seems to represent 2 bits. --2.204.112.236 10:20, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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