1. Timestamp & Memo
  2. CSV export format

CSV export format and how to read it

This page is for people who want to read the records exported with the app's CSV export in Excel, a spreadsheet, or an AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and others). It also has a text to paste along with the CSV when you ask an AI.

* The format on this page was checked on the Android version. The iPhone format is still being checked.

One line = one record

2026/02/05 07:33,"Breakfast"
2026/02/05 08:12,"Jogging start"
2026/02/05 08:40,"Jogging end"
2026/02/05 12:05,""
2026/02/05 21:30,"Medicine 2 tablets \"as needed\""
  • Each line is one record: the date and time it was saved on the left, the note on the right.
  • There is no header row. Data starts on the first line.
  • A record with an empty note looks like line 4: "".
  • A " inside a note is written as \", as on line 5.

Format at a glance

ItemDetails
ColumnsTwo: (1) date and time, (2) note. There are no ID, seconds, category, location or duration columns
Header rowNone
Date and timeyyyy/MM/dd HH:mm (e.g. 2026/02/05 07:33). 24-hour clock; month, day, hour and minute always have two digits. No seconds
Time zoneThe device's local time when the record was saved. No time zone is written. Records made abroad stay in the local time of that place
QuotingNotes are always wrapped in ". Inside a note, " becomes \" and \ becomes \\ (not the "" style common in Excel). Commas inside a note are not separators because they are inside the quotes
Line breaksOne record per line, LF line endings. If a note contains a line break, that record spans several lines
OrderOldest first
RangeThe one month you select. Up to 10,000 records per month (as noted in the app)
Deleted recordsNot included
Edited recordsOnly the current date, time and note. The original time and edit history are not included
Records added laterRecords added with a past date and time look the same as records saved on the spot. You cannot tell them apart
Character encodingNot set by the app, because the data is shared as text, not as a file. It is decided by the app that saves it

iPhone vs Android

iPhoneAndroid
StepsOn the CSV export screen, choose the month and tap the export button"Setting" tab → "Output CSV format" → choose the month → "Output data"
What is sharedA text document (a file) named "TimeStampCSVData"Text, not a file. It is passed to the receiving app as characters
Line formatBeing checkedyyyy/MM/dd HH:mm,"note"

What the data can tell you

  • At what time you left which note
  • How many records a day, common words in notes, patterns by weekday or time of day
  • Intervals between the same kind of note, such as "medicine" or "woke up" (how many hours since the last one)

Text to paste along with the CSV when asking an AI

When you give the CSV to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or another AI, paste this text too so the AI knows the format. It is for CSV exported from the Android version.

This is one month of records exported from the Android version of "Timestamp & Memo" (簡単に時間とメモ記録アプリ).
- One line per record, formatted as: yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm,"note" . There is no header row.
- Left: the time the record was saved (device local time, no seconds). Right: the note (may be empty).
- A double quote inside a note is written as \" .
- There is no end time or duration column.
Format reference: https://parrot88.github.io/timestampApp/en/csv_format.html

Opening in Excel or a spreadsheet

  • There is no header, so adding "Date time" and "Note" as the first line makes it easier to work with.
  • \" inside a note is not Excel's standard style, so notes that contain " may look broken.
  • If characters look garbled, open the file again with the encoding set to UTF-8.

Related page

Last checked: 2026-11-10 (Android version)