bq. the hbase timestamp long value has more digits than the one created in Java.
Can you give us an example ? In the following, http://www.ruddwire.com/handy-code/date-to-millisecond-calculators/ gives me the date corresponding to timestamp value(s): hbase(main):007:0> scan 'test' ROW COLUMN+CELL row1 column=cf:a, timestamp=1288380727188, value=value1 row2 column=cf:b, timestamp=1288380738440, value=value2 On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Hrishikesh P <[email protected]>wrote: > How are the timestamps associated with cell versions within HBase > similar/different to the long values that I get using > System.currentTimeMillis() in Java? If I print both, the hbase timestamp > long value has more digits than the one created in Java. > Aren't both milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970? > > Thanks in advance. >
