# Adding #EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME in HLS playlists
**URL:** https://community.bitmovin.com/t/adding-ext-x-program-date-time-in-hls-playlists/1739
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** live
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/adding-ext-x-program-date-time-in-hls-playlists/1739 "2023-02-27T11:39:44Z")
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### Author:  [@fabre.lambeau1](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/fabre.lambeau1)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/adding-ext-x-program-date-time-in-hls-playlists/1739/1 "2023-02-27T11:39:44Z")
Is there a way to force adding an #EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME into live HLS playlists generated by the Bitmovin Live Encoder?
This type of tag is often required by systems that perform manifest manipulations (eg. for SSAI), but I cannot find any documentation or (obvious) place in the APIs to stipulate that requirement…
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### Author:  [@fabre.lambeau1](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/fabre.lambeau1)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/adding-ext-x-program-date-time-in-hls-playlists/1739/2 "2023-02-27T11:42:31Z")
Answering my own question: there is a property `insertProgramDateTime` in the Encoding Live Start request object: [Bitmovin Docs - Encoding API Reference | Encodings](https://bitmovin.com/docs/encoding/api-reference/sections/encodings#/Encoding/PostEncodingEncodingsLiveStartByEncodingId)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/adding-ext-x-program-date-time-in-hls-playlists/1739/3 "2023-03-06T19:38:00Z")
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