Understanding dates for cost allocation tags
Prerequisites
To view these dates in the Cost allocation tags page of the
Amazon Billing and Cost Management console, you must have the ce:ListCostAllocationTags
permission.
When you use cost allocation tags, you can determine when the tags were last used or last updated with the following metadata fields:
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Last updated date – The last date that the tag key was either activated or deactivated for cost allocation.
For example, suppose that your tag key
lambda:createdbychanged from inactive to active on July 1, 2023. This means that the Last updated date column will show July 1, 2023. -
Last used month – The last month that the tag key was used on an Amazon resource.
For example, suppose that your tag key
lambda:createdbywas last used on April 2023. The Last used month column will show April 2023. This means that the tag key hasn't been associated with any resource since that date.Notes
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The Last updated date column appears empty for newly created tag keys that haven't been activated.
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The Last used month column shows Before April 2023 for tag keys that were used before April 2023 and that aren't currently associated with any resource.
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