# 1m interval metrics have timestamp 10 seconds later

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363>\
**Category:** Systems\
**Tags:** influxdb, telegraf\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363 "2021-04-12T12:06:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Marios\_Karatisoglou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/marios_karatisoglou/32/6656_2.png) [@Marios\_Karatisoglou](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Marios_Karatisoglou)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363/1 "2021-04-12T12:06:18Z")

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Metrics arrive form telegraf to the influxdb with every minute, but start from +10 seconds.  
 ![Screenshot_5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/influxdata/original/2X/9/9f23d84f1c38e179be30a30f13bc49b5b413042a.png)

How can I fix the timestamp to the beginning of each minute?  
The input that collects metrics is a kafka consumer.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Franky1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/franky1/32/6666_2.png) [@Franky1](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Franky1)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363/2 "2021-04-12T12:44:13Z")

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Can you post the `[agent]` section of your telegraf config file?

````markdown
```toml
[agent]
your agent configs here...
```

````

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**Author:** ![Marios\_Karatisoglou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/marios_karatisoglou/32/6656_2.png) [@Marios\_Karatisoglou](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Marios_Karatisoglou)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363/3 "2021-04-12T12:53:00Z")

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```auto
[agent]
  ## Default data collection interval for all inputs
  interval = "60s"
  round_interval = true
  metric_batch_size = 1000
  metric_buffer_limit = 10000
  collection_jitter = "0s"
  flush_interval = "10s"
  flush_jitter = "0s"
  precision = ""
  hostname = ""
  omit_hostname = false

```

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**Author:** ![Franky1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/franky1/32/6666_2.png) [@Franky1](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Franky1)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363/4 "2021-04-12T14:23:04Z")

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> [@Marios\_Karatisoglou](#):
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> How can I fix the timestamp to the beginning of each minute?

I don’t know how Telegraf works internally and if this is even possible, but you could try with:

```auto
interval = "1m"

```

I assume that the Kafka Input plugin already sets the timestamp?  
Otherwise the `flush_interval` could of course also be the problem.

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**Author:** ![Marios\_Karatisoglou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/marios_karatisoglou/32/6656_2.png) [@Marios\_Karatisoglou](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Marios_Karatisoglou)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/1m-interval-metrics-have-timestamp-10-seconds-later/19363/5 "2021-04-23T12:42:36Z")

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I have tried setting the interval to “1m” but nothing changes.

When I inspect the influx data in table format, I see that indeed the \_time field is always +10s.

 ![Screenshot_17](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/influxdata/original/2X/4/41e46664841c02380315c307c9d270b03d594c3b.png)

All inputs from all plugins have that +10s. Isn’t the telegraf supposed to run every exact minute? (The machine’s clock is correctly synced)