See also http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#versions.ops , especially 5.9.1.4.2. Explicit Version Example
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> > >
