# Bind an OPC tag to another OPC tag

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-an-opc-tag-to-another-opc-tag/89414 "2024-04-24T22:44:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-an-opc-tag-to-another-opc-tag/89414/5 "2024-04-25T01:09:42Z")

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> [@Marty\_Malone](#):
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> getHour24(now())

I'm not sure what you mean here. The target of your write, if an OPC tag, will get its timestamp when its own subscription notes the change you wrote. If your target is a memory tag, its new timestamp will be the time the write occurs. If you want to customize the timestamp written to a memory tag, you will need to construct a qualified value. See this topic:

> [@Can Timestamp of a Tag be written to using a script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-timestamp-of-a-tag-be-written-to-using-a-script/42444):
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> Hi Folks, Wondering if a Timestamp of a tag can be forced using scripts or any other methods? I want to read a timestamp from OPC, separate to another Boolean value from OPC. These 2 correlate, I want to write the Boolean to a memory tag, and want to force its timestamp to be the timestamp I read over OPC. I know this can be done using a module and would need this developed, just looking for an alternative. When I do a system tag write it creates a Custom Timestamp but I don’t believe this w…

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