diff --git a/common_requirements.in b/common_requirements.in
index 8a027cfbd1ecf8bf4adc535dd9d5e3a769a2f2f8..772c1115d857664ed113007b89a6f7f9d9c48b99 100644
--- a/common_requirements.in
+++ b/common_requirements.in
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ prometheus-client==0.13.0
 protobuf==3.20.*
 pytest==6.2.5
 pytest-benchmark==3.4.1
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
diff --git a/proto/monitoring.proto b/proto/monitoring.proto
index 0086cb43deb06f30da520ee3aff8137ad0c897d8..64d7bdbfe3528e87151aefb0909c7f155699104a 100644
--- a/proto/monitoring.proto
+++ b/proto/monitoring.proto
@@ -19,56 +19,56 @@ import "context.proto";
 import "kpi_sample_types.proto";
 
 service MonitoringService {
-  rpc CreateKpi                (KpiDescriptor        )     returns (KpiId            ) {}
-  rpc EditKpiDescriptor        (EditedKpiDescriptor  )     returns (context.Empty    ) {}
-  rpc DeleteKpi                (KpiId                )     returns (context.Empty    ) {}
-  rpc GetKpiDescriptor         (KpiId                )     returns (KpiDescriptor    ) {}
-  rpc GetKpiDescriptorList     (context.Empty        )     returns (KpiDescriptorList) {}
-  rpc CreateBundleKpi          (BundleKpiDescriptor  )     returns (KpiId            ) {}
-  rpc IncludeKpi               (Kpi                  )     returns (context.Empty    ) {}
-  rpc MonitorKpi               (MonitorKpiRequest    )     returns (context.Empty    ) {}
-  rpc QueryKpiData             (KpiQuery             )     returns (KpiList          ) {}
-  rpc SubscribeKpi             (SubsDescriptor       )     returns (stream KpiList   ) {}
-  rpc GetSubsDescriptor        (SubscriptionID       )     returns (SubsDescriptor   ) {}
-  rpc GetSubscriptions         (context.Empty        )     returns (SubsIDList       ) {}
-  rpc EditKpiSubscription      (SubsDescriptor       )     returns (context.Empty    ) {}
-  rpc CreateKpiAlarm           (AlarmDescriptor      )     returns (AlarmID          ) {}
-  rpc EditKpiAlarm             (AlarmDescriptor      )     returns (context.Empty    ) {}
-  rpc GetAlarms                (context.Empty        )     returns (AlarmIDList      ) {}
-  rpc GetAlarmDescriptor       (AlarmSubscription    )     returns (AlarmDescriptor  ) {}
-  rpc GetAlarmResponseStream   (AlarmID              )     returns (stream AlarmResponse ) {}
-  rpc GetStreamKpi             (KpiId                )     returns (stream Kpi       ) {}
-  rpc GetInstantKpi            (KpiId                )     returns (KpiList          ) {}
+  rpc CreateKpi             (KpiDescriptor      ) returns (KpiId               ) {}
+  rpc EditKpiDescriptor     (EditedKpiDescriptor) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc DeleteKpi             (KpiId              ) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc GetKpiDescriptor      (KpiId              ) returns (KpiDescriptor       ) {}
+  rpc GetKpiDescriptorList  (context.Empty      ) returns (KpiDescriptorList   ) {}
+  rpc CreateBundleKpi       (BundleKpiDescriptor) returns (KpiId               ) {}
+  rpc IncludeKpi            (Kpi                ) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc MonitorKpi            (MonitorKpiRequest  ) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc QueryKpiData          (KpiQuery           ) returns (KpiList             ) {}
+  rpc SubscribeKpi          (SubsDescriptor     ) returns (stream KpiList      ) {}
+  rpc GetSubsDescriptor     (SubscriptionID     ) returns (SubsDescriptor      ) {}
+  rpc GetSubscriptions      (context.Empty      ) returns (SubsIDList          ) {}
+  rpc EditKpiSubscription   (SubsDescriptor     ) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc CreateKpiAlarm        (AlarmDescriptor    ) returns (AlarmID             ) {}
+  rpc EditKpiAlarm          (AlarmDescriptor    ) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc GetAlarms             (context.Empty      ) returns (AlarmIDList         ) {}
+  rpc GetAlarmDescriptor    (AlarmSubscription  ) returns (AlarmDescriptor     ) {}
+  rpc GetAlarmResponseStream(AlarmID            ) returns (stream AlarmResponse) {}
+  rpc GetStreamKpi          (KpiId              ) returns (stream Kpi          ) {}
+  rpc GetInstantKpi         (KpiId              ) returns (KpiList             ) {}
 }
 
 message KpiDescriptor {
-  string kpi_description                          = 1;
-  kpi_sample_types.KpiSampleType kpi_sample_type  = 2;
-  context.DeviceId device_id                      = 3;
-  context.EndPointId endpoint_id                  = 4;
-  context.ServiceId  service_id                   = 5;
-  context.SliceId    slice_id                     = 6;
+  string                         kpi_description = 1;
+  kpi_sample_types.KpiSampleType kpi_sample_type = 2;
+  context.DeviceId               device_id       = 3;
+  context.EndPointId             endpoint_id     = 4;
+  context.ServiceId              service_id      = 5;
+  context.SliceId                slice_id        = 6;
 }
 
 message BundleKpiDescriptor {
-  string kpi_description                          = 1;
-  repeated KpiId kpi_id_list                      = 2;
-  kpi_sample_types.KpiSampleType kpi_sample_type  = 3;
-  context.DeviceId device_id                      = 4;
-  context.EndPointId endpoint_id                  = 5;
-  context.ServiceId  service_id                   = 6;
-  context.SliceId    slice_id                     = 7;
+  string                         kpi_description = 1;
+  repeated KpiId                 kpi_id_list     = 2;
+  kpi_sample_types.KpiSampleType kpi_sample_type = 3;
+  context.DeviceId               device_id       = 4;
+  context.EndPointId             endpoint_id     = 5;
+  context.ServiceId              service_id      = 6;
+  context.SliceId                slice_id        = 7;
 }
 
 message EditedKpiDescriptor {
-  KpiId kpi_id                                    = 1;
-  string kpi_description                          = 2;
-  repeated KpiId kpi_id_list                      = 3;
-  kpi_sample_types.KpiSampleType kpi_sample_type  = 4;
-  context.DeviceId device_id                      = 5;
-  context.EndPointId endpoint_id                  = 6;
-  context.ServiceId  service_id                   = 7;
-  context.SliceId    slice_id                     = 8;
+  KpiId                          kpi_id          = 1;
+  string                         kpi_description = 2;
+  repeated KpiId                 kpi_id_list     = 3;
+  kpi_sample_types.KpiSampleType kpi_sample_type = 4;
+  context.DeviceId               device_id       = 5;
+  context.EndPointId             endpoint_id     = 6;
+  context.ServiceId              service_id      = 7;
+  context.SliceId                slice_id        = 8;
 }
 
 message MonitorKpiRequest {
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ message MonitorKpiRequest {
 }
 
 message KpiQuery {
-  repeated KpiId kpi_id     = 1;
-  float monitoring_window_s = 2;
-  float sampling_rate_s     = 3;
-  uint32 last_n_samples     = 4;  // used when you want something like "get the last N many samples
-  string start_date         = 5;  // used when you want something like "get the samples since X date/time"
-  string end_date           = 6;  // used when you want something like "get the samples until X date/time"
+  repeated KpiId    kpi_id              = 1;
+  float             monitoring_window_s = 2;
+  float             sampling_rate_s     = 3;
+  uint32            last_n_samples      = 4;  // used when you want something like "get the last N many samples
+  context.Timestamp start_timestamp     = 5;  // used when you want something like "get the samples since X date/time"
+  context.Timestamp end_timestamp       = 6;  // used when you want something like "get the samples until X date/time"
   // Pending add field to reflect Available Device Protocols
 }
 
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ message KpiId {
 }
 
 message Kpi {
-  KpiId kpi_id                 = 1;
-  string timestamp  = 2;
-  KpiValue kpi_value           = 3;
+  KpiId             kpi_id    = 1;
+  context.Timestamp timestamp = 2;
+  KpiValue          kpi_value = 3;
 }
 
 message KpiValueRange {
@@ -106,27 +106,30 @@ message KpiValueRange {
 
 message KpiValue {
   oneof value {
-    uint32 intVal     = 1;
-    float floatVal    = 2;
-    string stringVal  = 3;
-    bool boolVal      = 4;
+    int32  int32Val  = 1;
+    uint32 uint32Val = 2;
+    int64  int64Val  = 3;
+    uint64 uint64Val = 4;
+    float  floatVal  = 5;
+    string stringVal = 6;
+    bool   boolVal   = 7;
   }
 }
 
 message KpiList {
-    repeated Kpi kpi_list = 1;
+  repeated Kpi kpi_list = 1;
 }
 
 message KpiDescriptorList {
-    repeated KpiDescriptor kpi_descriptor_list = 1;
+  repeated KpiDescriptor kpi_descriptor_list = 1;
 }
 
 message SubsDescriptor{
-  KpiId kpi_id              = 1;
-  float sampling_duration_s = 2;
-  float sampling_interval_s = 3;
-  string start_date         = 4;  // used when you want something like "get the samples since X date/time"
-  string end_date           = 5;  // used when you want something like "get the samples until X date/time"
+  KpiId             kpi_id              = 1;
+  float             sampling_duration_s = 2;
+  float             sampling_interval_s = 3;
+  context.Timestamp start_timestamp     = 4;  // used when you want something like "get the samples since X date/time"
+  context.Timestamp end_timestamp       = 5;  // used when you want something like "get the samples until X date/time"
   // Pending add field to reflect Available Device Protocols
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ message SubscriptionID {
 }
 
 message SubsResponse {
-  SubscriptionID subs_id    = 1;
+  SubscriptionID   subs_id  = 1;
   repeated KpiList kpi_list = 2;
 }
 
@@ -144,11 +147,11 @@ message SubsIDList {
 }
 
 message AlarmDescriptor {
-  string alarm_description      = 1;
-  string name                   = 2;
-  KpiId kpi_id                  = 3;
-  KpiValueRange kpi_value_range = 4;
-  context.Timestamp timestamp   = 5; // Check context
+  string            alarm_description = 1;
+  string            name              = 2;
+  KpiId             kpi_id            = 3;
+  KpiValueRange     kpi_value_range   = 4;
+  context.Timestamp timestamp         = 5;
 }
 
 message AlarmID{
@@ -157,15 +160,15 @@ message AlarmID{
 
 message AlarmSubscription{
   AlarmID alarmID                   = 1;
-  float subscription_timeout_s      = 2;
-  float subscription_frequency_ms   = 3;
+  float   subscription_timeout_s    = 2;
+  float   subscription_frequency_ms = 3;
 }
 
 message AlarmResponse {
-  AlarmID alarm_id              = 1;
-  string text                   = 2;
-  KpiValue kpi_value            = 3;
-  context.Timestamp timestamp   = 4; // Check context
+  AlarmID           alarm_id  = 1;
+  string            text      = 2;
+  KpiValue          kpi_value = 3;
+  context.Timestamp timestamp = 4;
 }
 
 message AlarmIDList {
diff --git a/proto/te.proto b/proto/te.proto
index e646da10b3cc425f73107ea34b8f03ebc9afcdae..d639cb7f45f682d3e95d77e8b6d10d404ee51b9f 100644
--- a/proto/te.proto
+++ b/proto/te.proto
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ import "context.proto";
 service TEService {
   rpc RequestLSP(context.Service  ) returns (context.ServiceStatus) {}
   rpc UpdateLSP (context.ServiceId) returns (context.ServiceStatus) {}
-  rpc DeleteLSP (context.ServiceId) returns (context.Empty       ) {}
+  rpc DeleteLSP (context.ServiceId) returns (context.Empty        ) {}
 }
diff --git a/src/common/proto b/src/common/proto
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ae252a7824cad03d85fa60224b87d8c779f1588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/proto
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../proto/src/python
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/common/tools/service/__init__.py b/src/common/tools/service/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70a33251242c51f49140e596b8208a19dd5245f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/tools/service/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright 2021-2023 H2020 TeraFlow (https://www.teraflow-h2020.eu/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
diff --git a/src/common/tools/timestamp/Converters.py b/src/common/tools/timestamp/Converters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc7399d24153563e2736133c9b08ff657635e357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/tools/timestamp/Converters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import dateutil.parser
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+def timestamp_string_to_float(str_timestamp : str) -> float:
+    return datetime.timestamp(dateutil.parser.isoparse(str_timestamp))
+
+def timestamp_float_to_string(flt_timestamp : float) -> str:
+    return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(flt_timestamp).isoformat() + 'Z'
+
+def timestamp_utcnow_to_float() -> float:
+    return datetime.timestamp(datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc))
diff --git a/src/common/tools/timestamp/__init__.py b/src/common/tools/timestamp/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70a33251242c51f49140e596b8208a19dd5245f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/tools/timestamp/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright 2021-2023 H2020 TeraFlow (https://www.teraflow-h2020.eu/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
diff --git a/src/device/requirements.in b/src/device/requirements.in
index e5aaddecb4901da55a411d83c8c1df26f8d47069..10506fbd42c5b7a64afb3cc7c6ea32e0f1fa49f6 100644
--- a/src/device/requirements.in
+++ b/src/device/requirements.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Jinja2==3.0.3
 ncclient==0.6.13
 p4runtime==1.3.0
 paramiko==2.9.2
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.2
 pytz==2021.3
 redis==4.1.2