Added logic to support custom timestamp

[vishnuvisnu]

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[DarcyRaynerDD]

I had one note, but otherwise this looks good to me. Once the CI passes, I'll roll this into the next release

[DarcyRaynerDD]

Thanks for the PR!

[vishnuvisnu]

Thanks for the PR!

No problem, when are you planning your next release?

[DarcyRaynerDD]

We will probably roll out a release some time this week.

[vishnuvisnu]

We will probably roll out a release some time this week.

Hi Darcy, Could you please update on progress of the release? Thanks.

[DarcyRaynerDD]

@vishnuvisnu We've just release v2.20.0 of the layer with these changes

[vvo]

Hey there @vishnuvisnu I understand this is an old issue but I was wondering what's the usecase for setting a custom timestamp? Thanks!

[vishnuvisnu]

Hey there @vishnuvisnu I understand this is an old issue but I was wondering what's the usecase for setting a custom timestamp? Thanks!

We have usecase where event was generated was elsewhere and we are converting that event to Datadog metric.

[vvo]

👍 Thanks a lot for the explanation, makes sense.