**To restore a DB instance to a point in time** This example restores *test-instance* to a new DB instance (*restored-test-instance*), as of a particular point in time:: aws rds restore-db-instance-to-point-in-time \ --source-db-instance-identifier test-instance \ --target-db-instance restored-test-instance \ --restore-time 2018-07-30T23:45:00.000Z Output:: { "DBInstance": { "AllocatedStorage": 20, "DBInstanceArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:restored-test-instance", <...output omitted...> "DBInstanceStatus": "creating", "DBInstanceIdentifier": "restored-test-instance", <...output omitted...> }