# Different timestamp precision

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/different-timestamp-precision/29590>\
**Category:** Systems\
**Tags:** influxdb, time\
**Created:** [April 20, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/different-timestamp-precision/29590 "2023-04-20T09:18:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/different-timestamp-precision/29590/1 "2023-04-20T09:18:04Z")

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I need to save data with a millisecond precision. However, in some cases (rarely) the data need to have a nanosecond precision.

Is this possible or will everything need to be in nanoseconds then? Will it affect the storage size needed (I have a lot of data and try to minimize the storage needed as much as possible).