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timeShift() function

timeShift() adds a fixed duration to time columns.

The output table schema is the same as the input table schema. null time values remain null.

Function type signature
(<-tables: stream[A], duration: duration, ?columns: [string]) => stream[A]

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

duration

(Required) Amount of time to add to each time value. May be a negative duration.

columns

List of time columns to operate on. Default is ["_start", "_stop", "_time"].

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

Shift timestamps forward in time

import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> timeShift(duration: 12h)

View example input and output

Shift timestamps backward in time

import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> timeShift(duration: -12h)

View example input and output


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