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Hi there

If you want the timestamp that the payment was captured you want the Charge's created timestamp

https://stripe.com/docs/api/charges/object#charge_object-created

Are you using manual capture?

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both manually and automated

So to be clear, the example you provided is for when the payment was captured and not when the payment was initiated right? Our business model doesn't always capture immediately.

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Yes that will be when it was captured

You can test this out pretty easily as well!

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I am seeing something different

The charge object contains the created date of when the payment was initiated which is why I am have this question.

[fallen root]

Hmmm maybe I am mis-remembering but I thought that was the time of capture

Can you provide me an example ID you tested with?

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I only have a production example

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That's fine

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Here's a test one https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/payments/pi_3Mg7MfFl4EumnGYf1llRgdTw

It's off by 1 second between the initiated and captured time

I have a more extreme case where it's off by 5 days but it's in prod

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Thanks looking

Yeah okay my bad. I forgot that in these cases we actually create the Charge on successful confirmation.

So with manual capture or async payments the created date will not be when the PaymentIntent moves to succeeded

So what you actually want is the balance transaction

https://stripe.com/docs/api/balance_transactions/object#balance_transaction_object-created

That is created on capture

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Will the new example you provided cover both automated and manual captures?