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Diffstat (limited to 'src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto b/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto index eafb3fa0..05d988a4 100644 --- a/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto +++ b/src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto @@ -40,17 +40,19 @@ option java_outer_classname = "TimestampProto"; option java_multiple_files = true; option objc_class_prefix = "GPB"; -// A Timestamp represents a point in time independent of any time zone -// or calendar, represented as seconds and fractions of seconds at -// nanosecond resolution in UTC Epoch time. It is encoded using the -// Proleptic Gregorian Calendar which extends the Gregorian calendar -// backwards to year one. It is encoded assuming all minutes are 60 -// seconds long, i.e. leap seconds are "smeared" so that no leap second -// table is needed for interpretation. Range is from -// 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z. -// By restricting to that range, we ensure that we can convert to -// and from RFC 3339 date strings. -// See [https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt). +// A Timestamp represents a point in time independent of any time zone or local +// calendar, encoded as a count of seconds and fractions of seconds at +// nanosecond resolution. The count is relative to an epoch at UTC midnight on +// January 1, 1970, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar which extends the +// Gregorian calendar backwards to year one. +// +// All minutes are 60 seconds long. Leap seconds are "smeared" so that no leap +// second table is needed for interpretation, using a [24-hour linear +// smear](https://developers.google.com/time/smear). +// +// The range is from 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z. By +// restricting to that range, we ensure that we can convert to and from [RFC +// 3339](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt) date strings. // // # Examples // @@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ option objc_class_prefix = "GPB"; // to this format using [`strftime`](https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.strftime) // with the time format spec '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'. Likewise, in Java, one // can use the Joda Time's [`ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime()`]( -// http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/ISODateTimeFormat.html#dateTime-- +// http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/ISODateTimeFormat.html#dateTime%2D%2D // ) to obtain a formatter capable of generating timestamps in this format. // // |