# Time to response

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-to-response/120808>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** sql-query\
**Created:** [June 19, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-to-response/120808 "2019-06-19T14:39:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-to-response/120808/2 "2019-06-19T19:35:52Z")

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Time to first response is calculated by subtracting the value of the topic’s `created_at` field from the value of the `created_at` field of the topic’s first reply. The first reply is the first post in a topic that has a `post_number` greater than 1 and has a `post_type` of `1`. (a `post_type` of `1` is used to indicate that a post is a ‘regular’ post, and not a small action, moderator action, or whisper post.)

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