# Perspective Table not showing timestamp as datetime

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-showing-timestamp-as-datetime/34616>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-showing-timestamp-as-datetime/34616 "2020-05-11T06:34:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![michael2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-showing-timestamp-as-datetime/34616/1 "2020-05-11T06:34:07Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/d/d92f10696befe8ab193add4e1f1269d75da36c38.png)  
Render is set to date. For reference I am on 8.0.10.

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Taylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chris_taylor/32/3315_2.png) [@Chris\_Taylor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Taylor)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-showing-timestamp-as-datetime/34616/2 "2020-05-11T11:09:52Z")

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Hi michael2

The column name is not in the “field” attribute. if this is entered it should render correctly.

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**Author:** ![michael2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-showing-timestamp-as-datetime/34616/3 "2020-05-11T22:29:33Z")

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Yes, that seems to have fixed the problem. Seems strange to me that the field must be specified when adding the column adds the data already. Thanks!