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The `experimental.alignTime()` function aligns input tables to a common start time. The `experimental.alignTime()` function aligns input tables to a common start time.
_**Function type:** Transformation_ _**Function type:** Transformation_
```js ```js
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| 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z | 37.8 | | 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z | 37.8 |
| 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z | 37.5 | | 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 ```js
//... //...
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|> alignTime(alignTo: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z) |> alignTime(alignTo: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z)
``` ```
**And output:**
{{< flex >}} {{< flex >}}
{{% flex-content %}} {{% flex-content %}}
| _time | _value | | _time | _value |
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{{< /flex >}} {{< /flex >}}
Each output table represents data from a calendar month. Each output table represents data from a calendar month.
When visualized, timestamps are aligned to a common start time and values can be When visualized, data is still grouped by month, but timestamps are aligned to a
compared in the time dimension. common start time and values can be compared by time.