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# WithTimestamps
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+localStorage.setItem('language', 'language-py')
+</script>
+
Assigns timestamps to all the elements of a collection.
## Examples
-See [BEAM-7389](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-7389) for updates.
-## Related transforms
-* [Reify]({{ site.baseurl
}}/documentation/transforms/python/elementwise/reify) converts between explicit
and implicit forms of Beam values.
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+In the following examples, we create a pipeline with a `PCollection` and
attach a timestamp value to each of its elements.
+When windowing and late data play an important role in streaming pipelines,
timestamps are especially useful.
+
+### Example 1: Timestamp by event time
+
+The elements themselves often already contain a timestamp field.
+`beam.window.TimestampedValue` takes a value and a
+[Unix timestamp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time)
+in the form of seconds.
+
+```py
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py
tag:event_time %}```
+
+Output `PCollection` after getting the timestamps:
+
+```
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps_test.py
tag:plant_timestamps %}```
+
+<table>
+ <td>
+ <a class="button" target="_blank"
+
href="https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py";>
+ <img src="https://www.tensorflow.org/images/GitHub-Mark-32px.png";
+ width="20px" height="20px" alt="View on GitHub" />
+ View on GitHub
+ </a>
+ </td>
+</table>
+<br>
+
+To convert from a
+[`time.struct_time`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.struct_time)
+to `unix_time` you can use
+[`time.mktime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.mktime).
+For more information on time formatting options, see
+[`time.strftime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.strftime).
+
+```
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py
tag:time_tuple2unix_time %}```
+
+To convert from a
+[`datetime.datetime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime)
+to `unix_time` you can use convert it to a `time.struct_time` first with
+[`datetime.timetuple`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.timetuple).
+
+```
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py
tag:datetime2unix_time %}```
+
+### Example 2: Timestamp by logical clock
+
+If each element has a chronological number, these numbers can be used as a
+[logical clock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_clock).
+These numbers have to be converted to a *"seconds"* equivalent, which can be
especially important depending on your windowing and late data rules.
+
+```py
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py
tag:logical_clock %}```
+
+Output `PCollection` after getting the timestamps:
+
+```
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps_test.py
tag:plant_events %}```
+
+<table>
+ <td>
+ <a class="button" target="_blank"
+
href="https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py";>
+ <img src="https://www.tensorflow.org/images/GitHub-Mark-32px.png";
+ width="20px" height="20px" alt="View on GitHub" />
+ View on GitHub
+ </a>
+ </td>
+</table>
+<br>
+
+### Example 3: Timestamp by processing time
+
+If the elements do not have any time data available, you can also use the
current processing time for each element.
+Note that this grabs the local time of the *worker* that is processing each
element.
+Workers might have time deltas, so using this method is not a reliable way to
do precise ordering.
+
+By using processing time, there is no way of knowing if data is arriving late
because the timestamp is attached when the element *enters* into the pipeline.
+
+```py
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py
tag:processing_time %}```
+
+Output `PCollection` after getting the timestamps:
+
+```
+{% github_sample
/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps_test.py
tag:plant_processing_times %}```
+
+<table>
+ <td>
+ <a class="button" target="_blank"
+
href="https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/snippets/transforms/element_wise/with_timestamps.py";>
+ <img src="https://www.tensorflow.org/images/GitHub-Mark-32px.png";
+ width="20px" height="20px" alt="View on GitHub" />
+ View on GitHub
+ </a>
+ </td>
+</table>
+<br>
+
+## Related transforms
+
+* [Reify]({{ site.baseurl
}}/documentation/transforms/python/elementwise/reify) converts between explicit
and implicit forms of Beam values.
![https://www.tensorflow.org/images/GitHub-Mark-32px.png"](https://www.tensorflow.org/images/GitHub-Mark-32px.png"){kind=link}