Merge(DateTime)
public DateTime Merge(DateTime timestamp) Merges a timestamp into this clock.
Parameters
timestampDateTime- The timestamp to observe.
Returns
The latest timestamp observed by this clock.
CausalClock Methods
Provides monotonically increasing UTC timestamps and merges timestamps from distributed participants.
MergeUtcNow(DateTime)
public DateTime MergeUtcNow(DateTime timestamp) Merges a timestamp and advances this clock using the current UTC time.
Parameters
timestampDateTime- The timestamp to observe before advancing the clock.
Returns
A UTC timestamp later than the supplied and previously observed timestamps.
UtcNow
public DateTime UtcNow() Gets a UTC timestamp which is later than every timestamp previously observed by this instance.
Returns
A monotonically increasing UTC timestamp.