diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator.go b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator.go
index 84236145e609..cf6c4ca1c8b5 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator.go
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model/pdata"
 )
 
-func buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric statsDMetric, isMonotonicCounter bool, timeNow time.Time) pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics {
+func buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric statsDMetric, isMonotonicCounter bool, timeNow, lastIntervalTime time.Time) pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics {
 	ilm := pdata.NewInstrumentationLibraryMetrics()
 	nm := ilm.Metrics().AppendEmpty()
 	nm.SetName(parsedMetric.description.name)
@@ -31,14 +31,11 @@ func buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric statsDMetric, isMonotonicCounter bool, time
 	nm.SetDataType(pdata.MetricDataTypeSum)
 
 	nm.Sum().SetAggregationTemporality(pdata.MetricAggregationTemporalityDelta)
-	if isMonotonicCounter {
-		nm.Sum().SetAggregationTemporality(pdata.MetricAggregationTemporalityCumulative)
-	}
-
-	nm.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
+	nm.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(isMonotonicCounter)
 
 	dp := nm.Sum().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
 	dp.SetIntVal(parsedMetric.counterValue())
+	dp.SetStartTimestamp(pdata.NewTimestampFromTime(lastIntervalTime))
 	dp.SetTimestamp(pdata.NewTimestampFromTime(timeNow))
 	for i, key := range parsedMetric.labelKeys {
 		dp.Attributes().InsertString(key, parsedMetric.labelValues[i])
diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator_test.go b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator_test.go
index 94206226d65e..c5587a804960 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator_test.go
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/metric_translator_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestBuildCounterMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	timeNow := time.Now()
+	lastUpdateInterval := timeNow.Add(-1 * time.Minute)
 	metricDescription := statsDMetricdescription{
 		name: "testCounter",
 	}
@@ -35,16 +36,17 @@ func TestBuildCounterMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		labelValues: []string{"myvalue"},
 	}
 	isMonotonicCounter := false
-	metric := buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric, isMonotonicCounter, timeNow)
+	metric := buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric, isMonotonicCounter, timeNow, lastUpdateInterval)
 	expectedMetrics := pdata.NewInstrumentationLibraryMetrics()
 	expectedMetric := expectedMetrics.Metrics().AppendEmpty()
 	expectedMetric.SetName("testCounter")
 	expectedMetric.SetUnit("meter")
 	expectedMetric.SetDataType(pdata.MetricDataTypeSum)
 	expectedMetric.Sum().SetAggregationTemporality(pdata.MetricAggregationTemporalityDelta)
-	expectedMetric.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
+	expectedMetric.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(isMonotonicCounter)
 	dp := expectedMetric.Sum().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
 	dp.SetIntVal(32)
+	dp.SetStartTimestamp(pdata.NewTimestampFromTime(lastUpdateInterval))
 	dp.SetTimestamp(pdata.NewTimestampFromTime(timeNow))
 	dp.Attributes().InsertString("mykey", "myvalue")
 	assert.Equal(t, metric, expectedMetrics)
diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser.go b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser.go
index 19ab3522600f..6b18ecbb6293 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser.go
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ type StatsDParser struct {
 	isMonotonicCounter     bool
 	observeTimer           ObserverType
 	observeHistogram       ObserverType
+	lastIntervalTime       time.Time
 }
 
 type summaryMetric struct {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ func (t MetricType) FullName() TypeName {
 }
 
 func (p *StatsDParser) Initialize(enableMetricType bool, isMonotonicCounter bool, sendTimerHistogram []TimerHistogramMapping) error {
+	p.lastIntervalTime = timeNowFunc()
 	p.gauges = make(map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics)
 	p.counters = make(map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics)
 	p.timersAndDistributions = make([]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics, 0)
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ func (p *StatsDParser) GetMetrics() pdata.Metrics {
 		)
 	}
 
+	p.lastIntervalTime = timeNowFunc()
 	p.gauges = make(map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics)
 	p.counters = make(map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics)
 	p.timersAndDistributions = make([]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics, 0)
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ func (p *StatsDParser) Aggregate(line string) error {
 	case CounterType:
 		_, ok := p.counters[parsedMetric.description]
 		if !ok {
-			p.counters[parsedMetric.description] = buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric, p.isMonotonicCounter, timeNowFunc())
+			p.counters[parsedMetric.description] = buildCounterMetric(parsedMetric, p.isMonotonicCounter, timeNowFunc(), p.lastIntervalTime)
 		} else {
 			point := p.counters[parsedMetric.description].Metrics().At(0).Sum().DataPoints().At(0)
 			point.SetIntVal(point.IntVal() + parsedMetric.counterValue())
diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser_test.go b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser_test.go
index bdb1f29ceb7e..37d10aec4f90 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser_test.go
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/protocol/statsd_parser_test.go
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ func TestStatsDParser_Aggregate(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedGauges: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{},
 			expectedCounters: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric1", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric2", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 			},
 			expectedTimer: []pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{},
 		},
@@ -617,9 +617,9 @@ func TestStatsDParser_Aggregate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedCounters: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric1", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric2", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 			},
 			expectedTimer: []pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{},
 		},
@@ -645,9 +645,9 @@ func TestStatsDParser_Aggregate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedCounters: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric1", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 215, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 215, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric2", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 75, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 75, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 			},
 			expectedTimer: []pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{},
 		},
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ func TestStatsDParser_Aggregate(t *testing.T) {
 			var err error
 			p := &StatsDParser{}
 			p.Initialize(false, false, []TimerHistogramMapping{{StatsdType: "timer", ObserverType: "gauge"}, {StatsdType: "histogram", ObserverType: "gauge"}})
+			p.lastIntervalTime = time.Unix(611, 0)
 			for _, line := range tt.input {
 				err = p.Aggregate(line)
 			}
@@ -731,9 +732,9 @@ func TestStatsDParser_AggregateWithMetricType(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedGauges: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{},
 			expectedCounters: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric1", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric2", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey", "metric_type"}, []string{"myvalue", "counter"}), false, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -742,6 +743,7 @@ func TestStatsDParser_AggregateWithMetricType(t *testing.T) {
 			var err error
 			p := &StatsDParser{}
 			p.Initialize(true, false, []TimerHistogramMapping{{StatsdType: "timer", ObserverType: "gauge"}, {StatsdType: "histogram", ObserverType: "gauge"}})
+			p.lastIntervalTime = time.Unix(611, 0)
 			for _, line := range tt.input {
 				err = p.Aggregate(line)
 			}
@@ -778,9 +780,9 @@ func TestStatsDParser_AggregateWithIsMonotonicCounter(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedGauges: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{},
 			expectedCounters: map[statsDMetricdescription]pdata.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric1", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), true, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric1", 7000, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), true, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 				testDescription("statsdTestMetric2", "c",
-					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), true, time.Unix(711, 0)),
+					[]string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}): buildCounterMetric(testStatsDMetric("statsdTestMetric2", 50, false, "c", 0, []string{"mykey"}, []string{"myvalue"}), true, time.Unix(711, 0), time.Unix(611, 0)),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -789,6 +791,7 @@ func TestStatsDParser_AggregateWithIsMonotonicCounter(t *testing.T) {
 			var err error
 			p := &StatsDParser{}
 			p.Initialize(false, true, []TimerHistogramMapping{{StatsdType: "timer", ObserverType: "gauge"}, {StatsdType: "histogram", ObserverType: "gauge"}})
+			p.lastIntervalTime = time.Unix(611, 0)
 			for _, line := range tt.input {
 				err = p.Aggregate(line)
 			}