# IEC61850 Alarm Time Delay **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [August 12, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-alarm-time-delay/109623 "2025-08-12T02:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tevis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tevis/32/40783_2.png) [@tevis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tevis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-alarm-time-delay/109623/1 "2025-08-12T02:06:01Z")
Hi there, I have configured IEC61850 based alarms for CB position feedback. I am also receiving the timestamp from the IED. These are both part of a IEC61850 Buffered Report. My issue is that the status tag updates slightly before the timestamp, (1-2s when viewing in designer). This results in my alarms having the timestamp of the previous change of state. Adding a time delay to the alarm does not seem to rectify this. I have included screenshot showing ignition alarm status table, and the Sequential Event Reports as exported from the IED. Interested to see if anyone has seen this on 61850 or DNP3 - Trigger alarm based on change of timestamp? Thanks! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/2/a23ca022be778898f5d90b45e6f91449946e4d94.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/9/d926e5fc14a40623ba16712f4bdac20b4a0545e1.png) ---
**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:** [August 12, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-alarm-time-delay/109623/2 "2025-08-12T12:37:03Z")
I haven’t used the IEC driver, but I see there’s a setting on the driver under [Misc. Advanced Settings](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/opc-ua/opc-ua-drivers/iec-61850-driver#misc-advanced-settings) related to timestamp source: > Use Report Timestamp : Determines if the timestamp from the report will be used instead of the timestamp associated with each reported value.