# Omnipod: Pod expiration reminder
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513
**Category:** Pump
**Tags:** omnipod
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513 "2017-08-01T16:08:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513/1 "2017-08-01T16:08:20Z")
Not sure if anyone else does this, but I find it useful. For your pod expiration, the PDM only shows the date. Plus, you have to turn the PDM on to see it.
I am not as aware of dates as I am the day-of-the week, and this is useful for me to remember my expiration day and time. I also write on there which insulin I filled it with, because I change that around often, and they are all a bit different.
Anyway, I always put it on the pod with a sharpie, and that way I know when I am leaving the house, just a quick glance tells me whether my pod will last until I get back home.
I know it’s not as exciting as a phone app, but the old-school sharpie delivers! 😄
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513/2 "2017-08-01T16:15:35Z")
Our PDM shows date and time. Right now it reads “Pod exp 1:31p today”. So we know we need to change it out 8 hours after that. Getting the PDM and looking at it does take more time than just looking directly at the POD though. Nice hack. 😛
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513/3 "2017-08-01T16:17:53Z")
Is that time the actual exp time, or the +8 hours included?
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513/4 "2017-08-01T16:25:04Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> Our PDM shows date and time.
Yeah, the PDM shows date, until it gets to the current day, and then it says today.
For me, I can mentally process the day-of-the-week faster than the date. I don’t always know the date without looking at a calendar, but I always know the day-of-the-week 🙂
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> Is that time the actual exp time, or the +8 hours included?
I don’t add the extended 8 hours to the time, I just write activation time on there.
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513/5 "2017-08-01T19:14:40Z")
That’s a really nice, practical tip!
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-pod-expiration-reminder/1513/6 "2017-10-04T04:07:47Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> the old-school sharpie delivers!
I have realized how useful this is. We are adopting the same practice as of this week. Thank you!