title: SQL Server 2016 - Period start and end datetime set manually
body: <p>I'm trying to load some historical data that is time based and I would like it to be in a temporal table in SQL Server 2016.</p>
  
  <p>As far as I see, the period start and end date cannot be manually set, they are set at insert/update/delete time using the system time.</p>
  
  <p>However, the files I am trying to load have a specific date on when the data would have been available and I would like that to be reflected in the period start date so I can query it accordingly.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to set the period start and end time manually?</p>