---
id: timeshift
title: timeshift Metrics Operator
sidebar_label: timeshift
description: Use the timeshift metrics operator to shift time series from your query by a specified period of time.
slug: /help/docs/metrics/metrics-operators/timeshift/
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/metrics/metrics-operators/timeshift/
---

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The `timeshift` operator shifts the time series from your metrics query by a specified period of time.

## Syntax

```sql
timeshift TIME_INTERVAL
```

Where:

* `TIME_INTERVAL` is a time interval in millisecond(ms), seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h), or days (d).

## Example

Query #A returns the `CPU_Idle` metric for the currently selected query time range, the last 15 minutes.

```sql
#A _sourceCategory=prod/host _sourceHost=my-mac= metric=CPU_Idle
```

Query #B returns the `CPU_Idle` metric for the 15 minute period that ended two hours ago.

```sql
#B _sourceCategory=prod/host _sourceHost=my-mac= metric=CPU_Idle | timeshift 2h
```

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