# How can I listen to epoch changes?

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**Created:** [June 17, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.sui.io/t/how-can-i-listen-to-epoch-changes/45723 "2024-06-17T12:13:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.sui.io/t/how-can-i-listen-to-epoch-changes/45723/1 "2024-06-17T12:13:19Z")

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Question from Discord (sui-sdk channel):

> I want to listen to the event when a new epoch is updated, how do I filter? I use typescript.  
> Hope everyone supports

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An epoch changes every ~24h and its part of the protocol so you won’t be able to listen for it in the events. Having said that you can query the current epoch with the `getCurrentEpoch` method.