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# Auto-Detect

## Description

The server **Auto-Detect** setting determines whether Friend Time should automatically detect times that are mentioned in chat.

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To learn how to change settings like this one, see the [server command](/commands/admin-commands/server.md).
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## **Options**

1. **Yes** (`yes`)
   * Times in chat will be detected automatically.
2. **No** (`no`)
   * Times in chat will **not** be detected automatically. A clock emoji must be present in a message for any times to be recognized and converted.

Example with auto-detect **enabled**:

![](/files/qoz1ZjeeQigbEhpvxKBk)

Example with auto-detect **disabled**:

![](/files/QbEOnJ7CERki9f5etw97)

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This clock emoji **must** be present in the message for Friend Time to detect the times in the message.
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