# trace recorder and time

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-time/226
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-time/226 "2018-06-21T22:56:15Z")
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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-time/226/1 "2018-06-21T22:56:17Z")

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I have a user that is trying to do the following, and the trace recirder is missing setting time. Any ideas what commands are missing in the trace?

Thanks!

Alan

I need to display results at a time value instead of at a time step value. I did this:

- Started trace recorder
- In the “Animation View” selected “Real Time”
- Type a time value in the “Time:” box
- Stopped trace recorder

I only see

animationSCene1.PlayMode = ‘Real Time’

in the Python trace

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-time/226/2 "2018-06-22T14:48:49Z")

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You can set the real time (not the time step number) with

```auto
animatinScene1.AnimationTime = ....

```

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-time/226/3 "2018-06-25T03:58:52Z")

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Thanks, will pass on to my user.