How to retrieve from the database the last time users set their password in Jira Data Center

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Summary

In Jira Data Center, you can find when users last changed their password by querying Jira's database.

Solution

The easiest way to get information for users in Jira that have set their password is from the cwd_user_attributes table.

You can run the following SQL query against Jira's database to retrieve details for all users:

SELECT cu.user_name, cua.attribute_name, to_timestamp(CAST(cua.attribute_value as bigint)/1000) as "passwordLastChanged" FROM cwd_user_attributes cua INNER JOIN cwd_user cu ON cua.user_id = cu.id WHERE cua.attribute_name = 'passwordLastChanged';
Updated on April 21, 2026

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