# LocationPoint.epochTime - coordinate timestamp or current time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Edge Systems\ **Created:** [January 25, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/locationpoint-epochtime-coordinate-timestamp-or-current-time/66227 "2024-01-25T16:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jon.dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jon.dev](https://community.particle.io/u/jon.dev)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/locationpoint-epochtime-coordinate-timestamp-or-current-time/66227/1 "2024-01-25T16:26:59Z")
Hello, I'm looking for some clarification on the `epochTime` field of the `LocationPoint` object. Does this value represent the time at which the coordinates were last updated? Or is it just the current time as reported by the gps services? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![rickkas7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/rickkas7/32/8681_2.png) [@rickkas7](https://community.particle.io/u/rickkas7)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/locationpoint-epochtime-coordinate-timestamp-or-current-time/66227/2 "2024-01-25T16:31:25Z")
GPS time that the location was determined, from the NEMA message from the GNSS hardware. "GPS domain timestamp time/date in 32-bit, signed, epoch format. This is not synchronous to the system time." ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/6/4/64635adccc35238caa19e9b553ec3e98b163d026.png) [@system](https://community.particle.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/locationpoint-epochtime-coordinate-timestamp-or-current-time/66227/3 "2024-02-25T02:31:51Z")
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