# KSQLDB Processing Time

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/ksqldb-processing-time/38102>\
**Category:** ksqlDB\
**Created:** [13 September 2025 05:52 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/ksqldb-processing-time/38102 "2025-09-13T05:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Metalmania97](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/metalmania97/32/4787_2.png) [@Metalmania97](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Metalmania97)\
**Post date:** [13 September 2025 05:52 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/ksqldb-processing-time/38102/1 "2025-09-13T05:52:55Z")

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Hello. I am trying to test the processing delay introduced by KSQLDB and I need the processing timestamp to do this. As I understand ROWTIME is the timestamp of the kafka record. Is there a way to insert a processing timestamp in a stream?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [13 October 2025 05:53 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/ksqldb-processing-time/38102/2 "2025-10-13T05:53:03Z")

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