diff --git a/src/htcondor_es/celery/tasks.py b/src/htcondor_es/celery/tasks.py
index 1b61f35..4bf306c 100644
--- a/src/htcondor_es/celery/tasks.py
+++ b/src/htcondor_es/celery/tasks.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def query_schedd(
         feed_es=feed_es,
         es_index=es_index_template,
         metadata={"spider_source": f"condor_{query_type}"},
+        start_time=start_time,
     )
     if query_type == "history":
         getRedisConnection().set(schedd_ad["name"], hist_time)
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ def process_docs(
     es_index="cms-test-k8s",
     metadata=None,
     feed_es_only_completed=True,
+    start_time=None,
 ):
     """
     process the documents to a suitable format,
@@ -152,7 +154,11 @@ def process_docs(
     for doc in docs:
         try:
             c_doc = convert_to_json(
-                doc, return_dict=True, reduce_data=reduce_data, pool_name=pool_name
+                doc,
+                return_dict=True,
+                reduce_data=reduce_data,
+                pool_name=pool_name,
+                start_time=start_time,
             )
             if c_doc:
                 converted_docs.append(
@@ -249,6 +255,7 @@ def send_data(
     feed_es=False,
     es_index="cms-test",
     metadata=None,
+    start_time=None,
 ):
     """
     Send the data to AMQ and, optionally, to ES.
@@ -274,11 +281,12 @@ def send_data(
                 feed_es=feed_es,
                 es_index=es_index,
                 metadata=metadata,
+                start_time=start_time,
             )
             for X in grouper(docs_bunch, chunk_size)
         ]
-        total_tasks += len(list(filter(None,docs_bunch)))
-        #responses.append(process_and_send.apply_async(serializer="pickle"))
+        total_tasks += len(list(filter(None, docs_bunch)))
+        # responses.append(process_and_send.apply_async(serializer="pickle"))
     return total_tasks