# Database metadata "Added" vs "Created"

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-metadata-added-vs-created/878264>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows, server-mac\
**Created:** [May 22, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-metadata-added-vs-created/878264 "2024-05-22T08:38:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![machobbes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/machobbes/32/2042_2.png) [@machobbes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/machobbes)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-metadata-added-vs-created/878264/1 "2024-05-22T08:38:44Z")

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I am poking around in the Plex database. The table “metadata\_items” contains, among many others, the fields “created\_at” and “added\_at”.

What’s the difference?

Besides, are “refreshed\_at” and “updated\_at” identical?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/database-metadata-added-vs-created/878264/2 "2024-08-20T08:38:45Z")

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