# Forward and rewind time in dashboard

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/forward-and-rewind-time-in-dashboard/1331>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 17, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/forward-and-rewind-time-in-dashboard/1331 "2018-12-17T23:58:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lars\_Andersson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@Lars\_Andersson](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lars_Andersson)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/forward-and-rewind-time-in-dashboard/1331/1 "2018-12-17T23:58:22Z")

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What’s the easiest way to rewind and forward all graphs and gauges to use the same block time, defined as a context variable?

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/forward-and-rewind-time-in-dashboard/1331/2 "2018-12-18T14:57:05Z")

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Typically you would use the built-in [dashboard time feature](https://docs.losant.com/dashboards/overview/#viewing-past-dashboard-states). Choosing a date will set a query parameter on your dashboard’s URL `t=TIMESTAMP_IN_MILLISECONDS`.

Is there a reason you’re trying to do this via context variable instead? i.e. Is there a use case where the available feature isn’t working for your use case?