Timers & delays · Step
Nickname for a time
Change their nickname now and put the old one back after a while.
timer.temp_nickname
In a flow
“When a button is clicked, nickname for a time.”
🎂 {user.name} for 1 day on their birthday
What it does
Change their nickname now and put the old one back after a while. It's a step: it runs when the white wire reaches it, then the flow carries on from its Then pin. It gives 2 values later steps can use. Find it under Timers & delays in the palette.
When to use it
Use it when timing matters: change their nickname now and put the old one back after a while.
When not to
If nothing should change in Discord, a value node or a check is lighter.
Typical wiring
Sockets: settings you can wire
- Nickname Text needed
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Their nickname for the time, like 🎂 {user.name}. Variables allowed.
What goes there: Type it in the side panel, or wire in text. e.g. Hello there
If it's empty: Needed. Publish lists it until it's set or wired; the step can't run without it.
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- For how long Text
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How long: like 10m, 2h, 1d 12h or 3mo (a plain number is seconds). At most a year. Variables allowed.
What goes there: Type it in the side panel, or wire in text. e.g. Hello there
If it's empty: Optional. Left empty and unwired, it uses 1d.
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Values it gives
- When Number
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When it happens, as Unix time. e.g. 1792521000
If it's empty: Empty when the step didn't make one (it stopped early or was skipped); steps reading it get nothing.
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- When, in Discord Text
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A Discord timestamp that shows the time in each reader's own clock. e.g. <t:1792521000:R>
If it's empty: Empty when the step didn't make one (it stopped early or was skipped); steps reading it get nothing.
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Shortcuts
- Set nickname → Wait → Set nicknameIt does what Set nickname → Wait → Set nickname do together, in one element.