_time in datamodel is the same as the time in index?

[stonelzhangh]

When searching against a datamodel, a common search syntax is 

| tstats min(_time) as earliest from datamodel=.....

Is the "_time" in datamodel the same as the "_time" in index, or it's the time when properties get populated into the datamodel? 

[anilchaithu]

@stonelzhangh 

Both are same. Datamodel does not alter the _time of the event.