tool · beta · on-device
LED red, amber dot-matrix, Kodak yellow, minimal white. Six date formats, four corner snaps, drag to free-position. Pick a date, pick a corner, save the JPG. Nothing uploads. For full polaroid framing, try the Polaroid Maker.
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where a date stamp earns its keep
for nostalgia
Phone shoots from yesterday gain a strange permanence the moment you stamp them with a yellow Kodak-style date. The shoot doesn't change; the framing does — suddenly it reads as 'documented' instead of 'snapped'. Print, frame, send to your mom.
for tiktok
The TikTok aesthetic of the moment runs on red-LED date stamps in the bottom-right corner — the visual signature of a Sony camcorder. Drop the LED red preset on a still, drag it where you'd expect to see it, and the photo reads as a frame from a home-video clip.
for journals
Scrapbook spreads need dates. Most people write them in by hand, badly. The print-yellow style baked into the photo does it for you — at the same scale as the photo, in the same era. Drop two photos with stamped dates onto a kraft page and the spread is half-done.
for film
The Polaroid Maker tool already adds a red date stamp inside the frame. This tool flips the workflow — keep the photo as-is, drop a date in the corner like a real Polaroid imprint. Subtler, more flexible, works on photos you don't want polaroid-framed.
for memory
Phone EXIF dates are stored, but never visible in the JPG itself. Pull a photo from 2014, stamp the actual date in print-white, save. Now the photo carries its own context — useful when you're sharing on a platform that strips EXIF, or printing for a memory book.
for design
Designers use date stamps as type-as-image elements — a way to add a numerical anchor to a layout without a headline. Pick the format ('94 12 25, with the apostrophe), white style, no glow. Reads as found-object typography, not as photo timestamp.
in case you're wondering
No. Everything renders to a canvas in your browser. Your photo never touches our servers — we don't run an image pipeline at all.
We use system monospace because it works everywhere with no font download. The LED look comes from the color, the glow shadow, and the letterspacing — not from a 7-segment display font. The result reads as period-correct without a 200KB font file.
Yes. Click any corner button (TL, TR, BL, BR) to snap to that corner. To free-position, click and drag the stamp directly on the canvas — once you do, the corner buttons stop snapping until you click one again.
Sony Handycam-era LED dates look like ’94 12 25 (apostrophe-prefixed two-digit year, then month and day with spaces). Pick that format, the LED red style, bottom-right corner — exactly what a Hi8 tape would have shown.
Mostly yes. The text is rendered into the JPG before upload, so IG can't strip it as metadata. The glow may soften slightly under heavy compression — bumping size to 5–6% (instead of the default 4%) keeps it readable.
Yes — the date picker accepts any date. The stamp is purely cosmetic, not a metadata field. Useful for fictional projects, fake-history posts, designed timelines, or just deciding the photo deserved a different decade.
now what?
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Tri-X grain for full 90s texture.
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Bleed sunset light into the corners.
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Wrap the stamped photo in a Polaroid.
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Apply a sepia or vintage filter on top.
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Recolour in two flat tones for a poster vibe.
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Reframe for square or 9:16.
OpenCut the background out of any photo in one click.
OpenDrop your subject onto paper, gradient, or your own backdrop photo.
OpenDrop a word behind your subject, magazine-cover style.
OpenNine presets, one photo — vintage to cinematic.
OpenTri-X, Kodak Gold, Lomo — pick a roll, see the grain.
OpenComic dots, risograph red, punk-zine textures.
OpenPhoto to graphite drawing in two clicks.
OpenMap photo to two colors — Spotify, sunset, riso.
OpenMake real cities look like tabletop dioramas.
OpenSunset, lomo red, golden hour — bleed light into corners.
OpenVHS bands, anaglyph 3D, CRT scanlines, chromatic aberration.
OpenConvert any photo to typed characters.
OpenPure invert, cyanotype, blueprint, X-ray, darkroom, sepia negative.
OpenPhoto as tiles with grout-color gaps.
OpenBrightness, contrast, saturation, hue, blur — seven sliders.
OpenAny photo, wrapped in paper with a handwritten caption.
OpenFour photos, B&W mode, handwritten caption.
OpenTwo photos, side-by-side or stacked.
OpenPaper mat for prints, journals, framed walls.
OpenCircle, heart, star, arch — pick a cookie cutter.
OpenGreetings caption, faux stamp, postmark, paper texture.
OpenFloat a photo over paper for portfolios and mockups.
OpenDrop a photo, type a title, pick a layout. 1000×1500 native.
OpenX, LinkedIn, or YouTube cover with title overlay.
OpenHandwritten captions, magazine headers, or a quick scribble.
OpenStick paper-mood tape onto any photo.
OpenCorner sign-off or full diagonal tile.
OpenHearts, stars, flowers, smileys, paper tags, HELLO labels.
OpenSquare for IG, 9:16 for stories, 2:3 for Pinterest.
OpenMirror a selfie, un-tilt a scan, turn a sideways shot upright.
OpeniPhone photos that open on everything.
OpenHide faces, plates, addresses — drag a patch over the spot.
OpenRemove GPS, camera info, timestamps before posting.
OpenSmaller JPG, WebP, or PNG — same look, less file.
OpenPull 5 hex codes out of any photo.
OpenPrint-ready QR for menus, invites, journals, vCards.
OpenEyedropper a color in your photo, swap it for another.
OpenFor the real thing →
One date on one photo is a piece. When you want a whole journal spread — multiple photos, captions, washi tape, paper background — a real collage app handles it cleanly.