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title: Timer Start node
description: Configure the Timer Start node to record the current time in a named property, enabling elapsed-time measurements with the Timer Stop node in a journey.
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# Timer Start node

Starts a named timer metric, which you can stop with a [Timer Stop node](timer-stop.html).

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | Yes        |

## Outcomes

Single outcome path.

## Properties

| Property            | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Start Time Property | Specify a property name into which to store the current time.Specify the same value in any instances of the [Timer Stop node](timer-stop.html) that measure the time elapsed since evaluation passed through this node. |