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YouTube Timestamp Link Generator
Create a clean share link that opens a YouTube video at an exact second.
YouTube Timestamp Link Generator: TOEA converts readable hour, minute, second, or colon time formats into whole seconds and adds the value to a normalized youtu.be link. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
- Category
- YouTube tools
- Runs
- In your browser
- Cost
- Free · no sign-up
- Availability
- Ready to use
How YouTube reads the start time
Share and watch links take the start time in a t parameter: youtu.be/ID?t=90, or &t=90 added to a watch URL. YouTube also accepts forms such as t=1m30s; this tool writes plain seconds, the most widely understood form. Fractions of a second are dropped, so the link opens at the whole second at or just before the moment you entered. Embedded players ignore t. They use a start parameter in the embed URL, which the embed generator sets for you.
When you do not need a link
Inside YouTube itself, a timestamp typed as plain text, such as 4:05, in a comment or a description becomes a clickable jump to that point in the same video. Links are needed when pointing somewhere else: from a chat message, an article, show notes, or another video's description.
A youtu.be link carries only the video, not a playlist the viewer was watching it in. To send someone into a playlist at a given video and time, add &list= and the playlist ID to a watch URL by hand.
How to use it
- Paste the video URL.
- Enter a start time such as 1:30 or 90.
- Build and copy the timestamp link.
Privacy & limitations
The URL and timestamp stay in your browser. Creating the link does not load the video.
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Frequently asked questions
Which time formats work?
Use seconds, mm:ss, hh:mm:ss, or compact values such as 1h2m3s.
Will the link autoplay?
It opens at the chosen position; playback behavior remains under YouTube and the viewer’s browser settings.
Free tool · runs in your browser · no account required