diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fd08def5..85e278220 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ In order to know if subscription writes are being dropped you should monitor the
 - [#259](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/259): Template Tasks have been added.
 - [#562](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/562): HTTP based subscriptions.
 - [#595](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/595): Support counting and summing empty batches to 0.
+- [#596](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/596): Support new group by time offset i.e. time(30s, 5s)
 
 
 ### Bugfixes
diff --git a/integrations/batcher_test.go b/integrations/batcher_test.go
index 8fb8b8152..5a4eb6ba6 100644
--- a/integrations/batcher_test.go
+++ b/integrations/batcher_test.go
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ batch
 
 	testBatcherWithOutput(t, "TestBatch_SimpleMR", script, 30*time.Second, er)
 }
-
 func TestBatch_CountEmptyBatch(t *testing.T) {
-
 	var script = `
 batch
 	|query('''
@@ -397,6 +395,61 @@ batch
 	testBatcherWithOutput(t, "TestBatch_CountEmptyBatch", script, 30*time.Second, er)
 }
 
+func TestBatch_GroupBy_TimeOffset(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var script = `
+batch
+	|query('''
+		SELECT mean("value")
+		FROM "telegraf"."default".cpu_usage_idle
+		WHERE "host" = 'serverA'
+''')
+		.period(10s)
+		.every(10s)
+		.groupBy(time(2s, 1s), 'cpu')
+	|count('mean')
+	|window()
+		.period(20s)
+		.every(20s)
+	|sum('count')
+	|httpOut('TestBatch_SimpleMR')
+`
+
+	er := kapacitor.Result{
+		Series: imodels.Rows{
+			{
+				Name:    "cpu_usage_idle",
+				Tags:    map[string]string{"cpu": "cpu-total"},
+				Columns: []string{"time", "sum"},
+				Values: [][]interface{}{[]interface{}{
+					time.Date(1971, 1, 1, 0, 0, 28, 0, time.UTC),
+					10.0,
+				}},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:    "cpu_usage_idle",
+				Tags:    map[string]string{"cpu": "cpu0"},
+				Columns: []string{"time", "sum"},
+				Values: [][]interface{}{[]interface{}{
+					time.Date(1971, 1, 1, 0, 0, 28, 0, time.UTC),
+					10.0,
+				}},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:    "cpu_usage_idle",
+				Tags:    map[string]string{"cpu": "cpu1"},
+				Columns: []string{"time", "sum"},
+				Values: [][]interface{}{[]interface{}{
+					time.Date(1971, 1, 1, 0, 0, 28, 0, time.UTC),
+					10.0,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	testBatcherWithOutput(t, "TestBatch_SimpleMR", script, 30*time.Second, er)
+}
+
 func TestBatch_Default(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var script = `
diff --git a/pipeline/batch.go b/pipeline/batch.go
index f152b7d9c..718dd103e 100644
--- a/pipeline/batch.go
+++ b/pipeline/batch.go
@@ -151,12 +151,26 @@ func (n *QueryNode) ChainMethods() map[string]reflect.Value {
 //
 // This property adds a `GROUP BY` clause to the query
 // so all the normal behaviors when quering InfluxDB with a `GROUP BY` apply.
-// More details: https://influxdb.com/docs/v0.9/query_language/data_exploration.html#the-group-by-clause
 //
 // Example:
 //    batch
 //        |query(...)
 //            .groupBy(time(10s), 'tag1', 'tag2'))
+//            .align()
+//
+// A group by time offset is also possible
+//
+// Example:
+//    batch
+//        |query(...)
+//            .groupBy(time(10s, -5s), 'tag1', 'tag2'))
+//            .align()
+//            .offset(5s)
+//
+// It is recommended to use QueryNode.Align and QueryNode.Offset in conjunction with
+// group by time dimensions so that the time bounds match up with the group by intervals.
+//
+// NOTE: Since QueryNode.Offset is inherently a negative property the second "offset" argument to the "time" function is negative to match.
 //
 // tick:property
 func (b *QueryNode) GroupBy(d ...interface{}) *QueryNode {
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index a3f76634a..c5e7d2f94 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ func (q *Query) Dimensions(dims []interface{}) error {
 				&influxql.Dimension{
 					Expr: &influxql.Wildcard{},
 				})
+		case TimeDimension:
+			q.stmt.Dimensions = append(q.stmt.Dimensions,
+				&influxql.Dimension{
+					Expr: &influxql.Call{
+						Name: "time",
+						Args: []influxql.Expr{
+							&influxql.DurationLiteral{
+								Val: dim.Length,
+							},
+							&influxql.DurationLiteral{
+								Val: dim.Offset,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				})
 
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid dimension type:%T, must be string or time.Duration", d)
@@ -141,3 +156,22 @@ func (q *Query) Fill(option influxql.FillOption, value interface{}) {
 func (q *Query) String() string {
 	return q.stmt.String()
 }
+
+type TimeDimension struct {
+	Length time.Duration
+	Offset time.Duration
+}
+
+func groupByTime(length time.Duration, offset ...time.Duration) (TimeDimension, error) {
+	var o time.Duration
+	if l := len(offset); l == 1 {
+		o = offset[0]
+
+	} else if l != 0 {
+		return TimeDimension{}, fmt.Errorf("time() function expects 1 or 2 args, got %d", l+1)
+	}
+	return TimeDimension{
+		Length: length,
+		Offset: o,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/task_master.go b/task_master.go
index 7810fd1db..0abc34b8b 100644
--- a/task_master.go
+++ b/task_master.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func (tm *TaskMaster) waitForForks() {
 
 func (tm *TaskMaster) CreateTICKScope() *stateful.Scope {
 	scope := stateful.NewScope()
-	scope.Set("time", func(d time.Duration) time.Duration { return d })
+	scope.Set("time", groupByTime)
 	// Add dynamic methods to the scope for UDFs
 	if tm.UDFService != nil {
 		for _, f := range tm.UDFService.List() {