Update custom_metrics.md

mikepcarlos · web-flow · commit e6a23a32b817 · 2021-08-26T09:39:41.000-04:00
diff --git a/content/en/metrics/custom_metrics.md b/content/en/metrics/custom_metrics.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ A Datadog custom metric has the properties below. Refer to the [Metrics Introduc
 | Property         | Description                                                                                                                                                  |
 |------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `<METRIC_NAME>`  | The [name of your metric](#naming-custom-metrics).                                                                                                                  |
-| `<METRIC_VALUE>` | The value of your metric. **Note**: Metric values must be 32-bit. Values should not be timestamps.                                                                                                                                |
+| `<METRIC_VALUE>` | The value of your metric. **Note**: Metric values must be 32-bit. Values should not reflect dates or timestamps.                                                                                                                                |
 | `<TIMESTAMP>`    | The timestamp associated with the metric value. **Note**: Metric timestamps cannot be more than ten minutes in the future or more than one hour in the past. |
 | `<TAGS>`         | The set of tags associated with your metric.                                                                                                                 |
 | `<METRIC_TYPE>`  | The type of your metric. See the [metric type documentation][8].                                                                                             |
