# Help needed adding a value from Msg to give you a future timestamp
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-adding-a-value-from-msg-to-give-you-a-future-timestamp/44649
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**Created:** [24 April 2021 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-adding-a-value-from-msg-to-give-you-a-future-timestamp/44649 "2021-04-24T09:44:38Z")
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### Author:  [@aperture1988](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aperture1988)
#### Post date: [24 April 2021 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-adding-a-value-from-msg-to-give-you-a-future-timestamp/44649/1 "2021-04-24T09:44:38Z")
Hi Guys,
I wonder if you could help me, I have spent hours trying to work this out on my own but im ready to admit defeat.
I need a way of taking the current time and adding a value from a msg to it. So it then outputs a future timestamp.
For example if the if the time is 10:00 and my msg.interval value is 10 it should then output 10:10.
I haven't been able to find node that can deliver this so I believe it will need to be coded using the function node. Im a complete Noob when it comes to this.
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [24 April 2021 10:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-adding-a-value-from-msg-to-give-you-a-future-timestamp/44649/2 "2021-04-24T10:07:48Z")
Hi Craig, welcome to the forum!
This has been asked recently, see [this thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-calculate-future-time/44035/5)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [23 June 2021 10:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-adding-a-value-from-msg-to-give-you-a-future-timestamp/44649/3 "2021-06-23T10:08:30Z")
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