Working with Timestamps
LightWave Server supports 64-bit and 48-bit timestamp fields. To define a timestamp field in schema, set the field type to "timestamp" and use the size attribute to indicate if the field is 64 bit or 48 bit, for example:
XML
<type name="TimestampTypes">
<element name="timestamp64bitJulian" type="timestamp" size="8" />
<element name="timestamp48bit" type="timestamp" size="6" />
</type>Timestamp Formats
Several standard timestamp formats can be serialized or deserialized from the message body. The timestamp format is specified using the timestampFormat attribute. The following formats are supported:
| timestampFormat | description |
|---|---|
| ISO8601 | ISO8601 Date/Time format as described in RFC 3339. This is the default format used when the timestampFormat property is omitted. |
| ISO8601:full-date | ISO8601 Date/Time full-date format as described in RFC 3339. |
| RFC2822 | RFC2822 Date and Time format as desribed in RFC 2822 |
| XSD:dateTime | XSD dateTime format as described in XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes |
Schema definition with ISO8601:full-date
XML
<type name="ISO8601Timestamp">
<element name="theDate" type="timestamp" size="8" timestampFormat="ISO8601:full-date" />
</type>