# Getting the timestamp of a Tag using scripting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-timestamp-of-a-tag-using-scripting/108397>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [July 11, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-timestamp-of-a-tag-using-scripting/108397 "2025-07-11T20:25:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![martinaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@martinaz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martinaz)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-timestamp-of-a-tag-using-scripting/108397/1 "2025-07-11T20:25:25Z")

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Hello, everyone...  
I'm trying to get the timestamp of a boolean tag every time it has been set to 1 in a defined period of time. I want to do that through scripting, any ideas?

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**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-timestamp-of-a-tag-using-scripting/108397/2 "2025-07-11T20:28:42Z")

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Gateway Tag Change Script

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> Gateway Event Scripts Overview

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**Author:** ![martinaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@martinaz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martinaz)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-timestamp-of-a-tag-using-scripting/108397/3 "2025-07-11T21:03:03Z")

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Thanks Robert

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-timestamp-of-a-tag-using-scripting/108397/4 "2025-07-11T23:53:32Z")

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Or just a tag value change script. Just be careful whatever your script does within a tag change script, that it executes in the single digit ms

You can get the timestamp with  
currentValue.timestamp