# Can tech me how to convert to time

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**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/can-tech-me-how-to-convert-to-time/28735 "2023-02-21T02:51:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![kelvin08A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/kelvin08a/32/12716_2.png) [@kelvin08A](https://community.influxdata.com/u/kelvin08A)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/can-tech-me-how-to-convert-to-time/28735/1 "2023-02-21T02:51:26Z")

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Hi,

i’m new in influxdb may i know how to convert the data to a time?  
i was using node-red to inject the timestamp.

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**Author:** ![grant1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/grant1/32/15107_2.png) [@grant1](https://community.influxdata.com/u/grant1)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/can-tech-me-how-to-convert-to-time/28735/2 "2023-02-21T10:44:17Z")

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It appears you formatted the data wrong when you sent it to InfluxDB. Can you share your Node RED flow and debug output?