# Beam Timestamp

## <img src="/files/nB8yNwAo2BFcKTqxVvaS" alt="" data-size="line"> Beam Timestamp

### Description <a href="#description" id="description"></a>

The Beam Timestamp transform adds a custom timestamp using the Beam execution engine.

| Hop Engine | X            |
| ---------- | ------------ |
| Spark      | <sup>✓</sup> |
| Flink      | <sup>✓</sup> |
| Dataflow   | <sup>✓</sup> |

### Options

| Option                                           | Description                                                             |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Transform name                                   | Name of the transform, this name has to be unique in a single pipeline. |
| The time field to use. Uses system time if blank | The field containing the timestamp, will use system time is empty.      |
| Get timestamp from stream?                       | Returns the event time field if it is defined within the stream.        |


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