We are using microseconds-since-epoch here. One downside to this approach from an interop perspective is the ease at which Java, Javascript, and UNIX in general deal with milliseconds-since-epoch vs. microseconds. If I didn't need microseconds for business reasons, I would use milliseconds. When I asked around on #thrift awhile back, that was the most common approach.
Michael On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:29 PM, David Reiss <[email protected]> wrote: > I would suggest doing something similar to what Evernote is doing. > (Though if you're using an i64, you might as well use microseconds.) > > --David > > Ted Yu wrote: >> From my experience working with web services using SOAP in PHP and Java, >> datetime handling is a source of big headache. >> >> Is there plan for thrift to add datetime type support ? >> >> I see alternative such as: >> http://www.evernote.com/about/developer/api/ref/Types.html#Typedef_Timestamp >> >> Regards >> >> >> >
