Kendall Thrapp created MAPREDUCE-5052:
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             Summary: Job History UI and web services confusing job start time 
and job submit time
                 Key: MAPREDUCE-5052
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-5052
             Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: jobhistoryserver, webapps
    Affects Versions: 0.23.6
            Reporter: Kendall Thrapp


The "Start Time" column shown on Job History server's main webpage 
(http://<host>:<port>/jobhistory) is actually showing the *submit* time for 
jobs.  However, when you drill down to an individual job's page, there the 
"Start Time" really does refer to when the job actually started.  

This also true for the web services REST API, where the Jobs listing returns 
the submit times as "startTime", but the single Job API returns the start time 
as "startTime".

The two different times being referred to by the same name is confusing.  
However, it is useful to have both times, as the difference between the submit 
time and start time can show how long a job was stuck waiting in a queue.  The 
column on the main job history page should be changed to "Submit Time" and the 
individual job's page should show both the submit time and start time.  The web 
services REST API should be updated with these changes as well.

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