# Why is the date needed?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/why-is-the-date-needed/1564>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 20, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-is-the-date-needed/1564 "2017-02-20T04:34:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xabitsquare](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/xabitsquare/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Xabitsquare](https://bisq.community/u/Xabitsquare)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-is-the-date-needed/1564/1 "2017-02-20T04:34:44Z")

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I know I can always recover the wallet as long as I have the seed words + the date.  
But in electrum only the seed words are needed for this.

Why is in bitsquare also the date needed?

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**Author:** ![ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/manfredkarrer/32/26_2.png) [@ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/u/ManfredKarrer)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-is-the-date-needed/1564/2 "2017-02-20T12:29:14Z")

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The BitcoinJ library implementation requires it.