X Time Machine

X Time Machine goes back exactly one month on X (Twitter). Type a username and it finds the post that account wrote on this same day last month, then draws it as a card to post, in 3:4 (1080×1440) for a post on X or 9:16 (1080×1920) for a story, in one of four colours: navy, gold, violet or pink.

Looking for a post from another date? How to find old X posts by date shows how to search any account by date on X, and what the time machine does when there is no post that day.

How it finds the post

It searches the account's public posts by date, the way X's own search does, and keeps only what is certain: posts written by that exact account (checked by its permanent ID, so a renamed or reused username cannot slip in), not reposts, and written on the day it looks for.

The day is today's date one calendar month back, on your calendar, counted from midnight to midnight UTC: the same clock as the times listed next to the card. If the previous month is shorter, it uses that month's last day: 31 March becomes 28 or 29 February. When the account posted more than once that day, the card shows the most viewed post, putting posts and quotes ahead of replies, and the page lists all the others with a link to each.

When there is no post that day

• Missed it by a few days: nothing that day, but something within 30 days. The card shows the closest post, stamped with how early or late it is.
• Off the grid: nothing for 30 days either side. The card is a missing poster: when the account was last seen posting (or came back), its last words when there is room for them, and a modest reward.
• Not born yet: the account was created after that day. The card goes to its very first post, stamped Day one; with no post at all, it is a birth certificate on X.

What it does not do

• It sees public posts only: nothing from private accounts, no likes and no deleted posts.
• It cannot show the old profile photo, name or follower count: X keeps only the current ones.
• It depends on FxTwitter, an independent unofficial service that reads public X posts. When its date search is down, the tool tries the account timeline instead. Very active accounts can still publish more than X keeps available for a whole month; when that happens, the page says it could not reach the date and shows no false result.

Where your data goes

The username you type is sent from this tab to FxTwitter, an independent unofficial service that reads public X posts. It receives the username, your IP address and ordinary technical request information. If FxTwitter does not return a profile or profile photo, the browser asks vxTwitter, another independent unofficial service, which then receives the username, your IP address and ordinary technical request information. Photos load from X's image server; a profile photo may pass through CutNoodle's temporary image cache when needed. The card is drawn in your browser, and neither the search nor the card is saved by CutNoodle. See the privacy policy.

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