FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT
Examples: messages and files that open later
Choose what you want to send. Share the link now, and let it open at the right moment.
Start with what you want to share
- Files
A file package
Attach your files, set the opening time and share one link.
Share files that open later - Launch
A product launch
Keep your announcement and screenshots ready for the same release time.
Prepare a launch - Birthday
A personal surprise
Send a note and a couple of photos that open on their birthday.
Make a birthday link
Personal
Write a birthday message for next spring or a note for yourself in a year.
- Timelock
Write a time capsule letter to open in a year
Write a letter, add photos and choose the day it opens, up to one year from now. Until then, the link shows a countdown. No sign-up needed.
Read the guide - Timelock
Write a letter to your future self
Write to the person you will be in a few months or a year. Choose when it opens, up to one year from now. Until then, the link shows a countdown. Postdate sends no email, so keep the link.
Read the guide - Basic
Send a birthday link that opens at midnight
Write your birthday message and add a couple of photos. Send the link before the day. They see a countdown until the moment you choose.
Read the guide - Basic
A gender reveal link that opens at the party
Write boy or girl and add a photo if you like. Share the link with your family before the party. It opens for everyone at the time you choose.
Read the guide - Basic
A graduation message for after the ceremony
Write your note and add a school photo. You can share the link before graduation day. It opens at the time you choose after the ceremony.
Read the guide - Timelock
Leave a digital legacy letter for later
Write a personal letter for someone to read on a future date. Keep it hidden until then.
Read the guide
Education
Share answer keys, worked solutions and rubrics with every student at the same time.
- Timelock
Release exam answers at a set time
Paste the answer key and set it to open when the exam ends. Share the link with your class now. Everyone gets the same opening time.
Read the guide - Basic
Share homework solutions after the due date
Share solutions while students still remember working through the problem. A week later, the explanation may help less.
Read the guide - Timelock
Publish a grading rubric after submission
A rubric explains how you will grade the work. Sharing it early may change what students write. Sharing it late may leave them unsure when you wrote it.
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Security
Share disclosures, advisories, reports and credentials that open at the agreed time.
- Timelock
Set a coordinated disclosure date
In coordinated disclosure, you agree with a vendor when to publish a security report. Either side may ask to change that date.
Read the guide - Timelock
End a security advisory embargo at a set time
An embargo sets when you can publish a security advisory. Set your advisory to open at that time. Send vendors the link now so they can read it when the embargo ends.
Read the guide - Basic
Deliver a pentest report on a set date
A penetration test report describes ways to break into a system. Keep those findings hidden until the client is ready to share them.
Read the guide - Basic
Share credentials at a set time
Credentials include passwords and other login details. Email them on Monday for a Friday handover, and they sit readable for four days.
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Announcements
Share press releases and product launches with the same opening time for every outlet and region.
- Timelock
Share a press release under embargo
An embargo sets when reporters may publish your news. Upload your final release and media files. Share the link now and set it to open then. Send advance briefings separately.
Read the guide - Timelock
Share product launch files that open together
Your announcement and screenshots are ready. Share one link today and let everyone open the files at launch time, wherever they are.
Read the guide
Business and legal
Set when people can read bids, job offers, board papers and confidential documents.
- Timelock
Keep sealed bids private until the deadline
A sealed bid stays private until bidding closes. Timelock keeps it hidden from the organizer too.
Read the guide - Basic
Release job offers at the same moment
Sending offers as approvals arrive means some candidates hear days before others.
Read the guide - Timelock
Publish material when an NDA expires
An NDA is an agreement to keep information private. If it has an end date, you can prepare your post now.
Read the guide - Basic
Share board papers at a set time
Sending board papers as teams finish them gives some directors more time to read.
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Research and creative
Share papers and albums now. Set them to open on release day.
- Timelock
Release a paper when the embargo lifts
An embargo prevents publication until an agreed date. Co-authors may still need to read the full paper before then.
Read the guide - Timelock
Set an album release time
Attach the album files and set the opening time to release day. Send fans and press the countdown link now. Everyone can open it at the same time.
Read the guide
With Basic, you get a private delete link. It works until your Postdate expires. With Timelock, the link needs a future drand release to open. You cannot delete it yourself.