Why is there 3 timestamps in InfluxDB?

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Hi , I’m fairly new to influxDB.

I’m pulling data from API and pushing it to influxDB using Python client library. What i don’t understand is that whenever i write a point , i have 3 timestamps in InfluxDB GUI ; _start, _stop, _time instead of timestamp and actual value (this what i expect)… What i want to have , is whenever i make the API call , i add new record i the DB.

Can someone explain this ?

Thanks

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Hi Lory_96,

The result will bring the time range (custom, past 1m, 5m, 15m…) of your query as columns _start and _stop.
The timestamp of the data point will be the _time column.

Hope it helps!