# Dashboard last update state to dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-last-update-state-to-dashboard/85093>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [31 January 2024 20:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-last-update-state-to-dashboard/85093 "2024-01-31T20:46:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![nodouser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@nodouser](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodouser)\
**Post date:** [31 January 2024 20:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-last-update-state-to-dashboard/85093/1 "2024-01-31T20:46:06Z")

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Hello,

I like to have the date and time, when a sensor has send the last update.  
Is that possible and make it visible in my dashboard?

payload.LastUpdate  
LastUpdate: "2024-01-31 21:44:07"

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**Author:** ![MecatronicaMADE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@MecatronicaMADE](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MecatronicaMADE)\
**Post date:** [31 January 2024 22:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-last-update-state-to-dashboard/85093/2 "2024-01-31T22:07:54Z")

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I think it is possible, what you need to do is to store the timestamp value in one of the message properties and maybe display it in a "text-ui" node, for example:

![timestamp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/d/adcac4c263d4eb390f6381e4d5e0e340406cef89.png)

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hope you find the info useful.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [1 March 2024 22:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-last-update-state-to-dashboard/85093/3 "2024-03-01T22:08:42Z")

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