Define how timestamps are exposed in the API

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Timestamps are 64-bit integers.

Sometimes this algorithm applies

def convert_timestamp(timestamp):
    system_epoch = time.gmtime(0)
    system_epock_datetime = datetime.datetime(system_epoch.tm_year, system_epoch.tm_mon, system_epoch.tm_mday)
    xnet_epoch_datetime = datetime.datetime(1601, 1, 1)
    delta = system_epock_datetime - xnet_epoch_datetime
    date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp * 100e-9) - delta
    return date

and sometimes the timestamp is something else.

We need to define timestamps

• Easy to use
• Easy to know definition
• No loss of information

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We're experimenting with a library for high precision time.

See https://github.com/ni/hightime