# Can I force values in script for getting tag timestamp change for every 5 min? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, scripting\ **Created:** [September 17, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-force-values-in-script-for-getting-tag-timestamp-change-for-every-5-min/117110 "2026-09-17T01:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Chris\_Bingham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chris\_Bingham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Bingham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-force-values-in-script-for-getting-tag-timestamp-change-for-every-5-min/117110/19 "2026-09-21T20:34:29Z")
> [@harshareddy.karumudi](#): > > Does it work for memory tag If you want the timestamp to update periodically on a memory tag, you'll need to write the timestamp & value (as a [BasicQualifiedValue](https://sdk.inductiveautomation.com/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.0/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/common/model/values/BasicQualifiedValue.html)) from whatever script is writing to the memory tag. Note that this approach is an undocumented one... here is a post that might help guide you: > [@system.tag.writeBlocking sometimes doesn't update the Timestamp? with BasicQualifiedValue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeblocking-sometimes-doesnt-update-the-timestamp-with-basicqualifiedvalue/77249): > > So I have a (well actually I have dozens, but I've narrowed down the problem to just one) Integer memory tag (and some reference and expression tags pointing at it), and its value stays constant most of the time. I have a script running every 8 seconds to ask a server on the network for the latest value, and I use a block of code like this to update the tag: TESTING\_OFFSET = -1000 from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.model.values import BasicQualifiedValue # Create a BasicQualifiedVal… If it's possible, try to generate the same value using an expression tag. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-force-values-in-script-for-getting-tag-timestamp-change-for-every-5-min/117110)._