TimeScale Creator

TimeScale Creator, a free JAVA package, enables you to explore and create charts of any portion of the geologic time scale from an extensive suite of global and regional events in Earth History.
The internal database suite encompasses over 20,000 biologic, geomagnetic, sea-level, stable isotope, and other events – details are given on the BUILT-IN DATA page.  All ages in TSCreator version 7.4 are currently standardized to "A Concise Geologic Time Scale 2016" by J.G. Ogg, G.M. Ogg and F.M. Gradstein (Elsevier, 2016). The age model for TSCreator version 8.0 and later is from "Geologic Time Scale 2020" by F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg, M.D. Schmitz, G.M. Ogg (Elsevier, 2020).

TSCreator version 8.1 TSCreator version 7.4 needs Java 8   All datapacks are now updated to the GTS2020 age model. Download datapacks here
Age model from: "Geologic Time Scale 2020" by F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg, M.D. Schmitz and G.M. Ogg (Elsevier, 2020). Age model from: A Concise Geologic Time Scale 2016" by J.G. Ogg, G.M. Ogg and F.M. Gradstein (Elsevier, 2016)
 
All platforms: Download Timescale Creator 8.1 All platforms: Download Timescale Creator 7.4
Windows only: Download Timescale Creator 8.1 Windows only: Download Timescale Creator 7.4
 
Whats New in TSCreator Pro 8 - GTS2020             Archive of "What's New"
 

How to use the program (a brief workshop and a detailed manual can be downloaded from our DOWNLOAD page):


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See FAQs for common questions.

TimeScale Creator provides a wealth of information for making charts and posters, such as these CHARTS produced by the Geologic TimeScale Foundation.

Try some of our additional DATAPACKS for selected regional (e.g., British Isles facies successions, New Zealand range charts) or specialty stratigraphy charts (e.g., global reconstruction images, Ice cores and archeological culture intervals) from the TimeScale Creator library. All datapacks are now updated to the GTS2020 age model. Datapacks with the GTS 2016 age model are still available, but will only run correctly with TSC 7.4.
[NOTE:  You can load and explore the datapacks, but only the PRO version enables saving your on-screen charts.]

Our TimeScale Creator PRO version comes with additional datapacks, capability for saving advanced graphics from datapacks, information on how to create your own datapacks, advanced editing, and other features.  Licenses for the PRO are a donation to enable us to continue to compile and enhance the datasets and software systems.

Provide comments on how we can improve the datasets and software.