# Easy way of adding only mytimes to a msg

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/easy-way-of-adding-only-mytimes-to-a-msg/28683>\
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**Created:** [21 June 2020 10:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/easy-way-of-adding-only-mytimes-to-a-msg/28683 "2020-06-21T10:52:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [21 June 2020 14:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/easy-way-of-adding-only-mytimes-to-a-msg/28683/10 "2020-06-21T14:23:40Z")

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I assume that you are adding simpletime just before another node which makes use of `mytimes`, maybe to construct an array or something?  
If so, could you not limit the flow to just the payload & topic downstream AFTER adding `hh:mm:ss` into the flow structure by creating a new msg object, such as;

```auto
var newMsg = { payload: msg.payload,topic:msg.topic };
return newMsg;

```

or even;

```auto
let d = msg.payload;
return {payload:d};

```

```auto
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```

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