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  "id": 67756,
  "title": "Why 'visitId' is exactly the same as 'visitStartTime' column?",
  "url": "/competitions/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/discussion/67756",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-10-05T05:33:43.582826600Z",
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      "id": "399065",
      "postDate": "10/05/2018 05:33:43",
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    {
      "id": "399984",
      "postDate": "10/07/2018 09:13:57",
      "content": "<p>8410 entries out of 1708337 are not exactly the same.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "8410 entries out of 1708337 are not exactly the same.",
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      "id": "432836",
      "postDate": "12/04/2018 11:52:36",
      "content": "<p>'<strong>visitId</strong>' is the first time stamp set when the session is started and the session cookie is set. \nThe '<strong>visitStartTime</strong>' value represents the Google Analytics (GA) logic of a session. </p>\n\n<p>Scenario:\nIf a user passes \"midnight\" GA will set the new visitStartTime to midnight, but 'visitId' will persist. \n--&gt; will have two sessions with the same visitId but different visitStartTime.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "'**visitId**' is the first time stamp set when the session is started and the session cookie is set. \nThe '**visitStartTime**' value represents the Google Analytics (GA) logic of a session. \n\nScenario:\nIf a user passes \"midnight\" GA will set the new visitStartTime to midnight, but 'visitId' will persist. \n--&gt; will have two sessions with the same visitId but different visitStartTime.",
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      "id": 399984,
      "author_name": "hemantrupani",
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      "post_date": "10/07/2018 09:13:57",
      "content": "<p>8410 entries out of 1708337 are not exactly the same.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 432836,
      "author_name": "cbaumgertel",
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      "post_date": "12/04/2018 11:52:36",
      "content": "<p>'<strong>visitId</strong>' is the first time stamp set when the session is started and the session cookie is set. \nThe '<strong>visitStartTime</strong>' value represents the Google Analytics (GA) logic of a session. </p>\n\n<p>Scenario:\nIf a user passes \"midnight\" GA will set the new visitStartTime to midnight, but 'visitId' will persist. \n--&gt; will have two sessions with the same visitId but different visitStartTime.</p>",
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    "399984": "8410 entries out of 1708337 are not exactly the same.",
    "432836": "'**visitId**' is the first time stamp set when the session is started and the session cookie is set. \nThe '**visitStartTime**' value represents the Google Analytics (GA) logic of a session. \n\nScenario:\nIf a user passes \"midnight\" GA will set the new visitStartTime to midnight, but 'visitId' will persist. \n--&gt; will have two sessions with the same visitId but different visitStartTime."
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