diff --git a/content/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/experimental/aligntime.md b/content/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/experimental/aligntime.md index 1d6e2507c..a02974db8 100644 --- a/content/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/experimental/aligntime.md +++ b/content/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/experimental/aligntime.md @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ weight: 302 The `experimental.alignTime()` function aligns input tables to a common start time. - _**Function type:** Transformation_ ```js @@ -56,7 +55,10 @@ from(bucket: "example-bucket") | 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z | 37.8 | | 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z | 37.5 | -**The following functions output:** +**The following functions:** + +1. Window data by calendar month creating two separate tables (one for January and one for February). +2. Align tables to `2020-01-01T00:00:00Z`. ```js //... @@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ from(bucket: "example-bucket") |> alignTime(alignTo: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z) ``` +**And output:** + {{< flex >}} {{% flex-content %}} | _time | _value | @@ -84,5 +88,5 @@ from(bucket: "example-bucket") {{< /flex >}} Each output table represents data from a calendar month. -When visualized, timestamps are aligned to a common start time and values can be -compared in the time dimension. +When visualized, data is still grouped by month, but timestamps are aligned to a +common start time and values can be compared by time.