# Better way to display tag history?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-display-tag-history/53071>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-display-tag-history/53071 "2021-11-15T13:57:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-display-tag-history/53071/9 "2021-11-17T13:59:40Z")

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Curious what your plan is when we rollover into December. If you are using tag history, then to me it's easier to get the data via script,  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.queryTagHistory](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.queryTagHistory)

For t\_stamp, see this post,

> [@F\*\*\*\*\*\* timestamps/dates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/f-timestamps-dates/2593):
>
> How can I convert the Date datatype in to seconds since epoch?

```auto
FROM_UNIXTIME(t_stamp/ 1000)

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