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    The MongoDB\BSON\Timestamp class

    (mongodb >=1.0.0)

    Introduction

    Represents a » BSON timestamp, The value consists of a 4-byte timestamp (i.e. seconds since the epoch) and a 4-byte increment.

    Note: This is an internal MongoDB type used for replication and sharding. It is not intended for general date storage (MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime should be used instead).

    Class synopsis

    final class MongoDB\BSON\Timestamp implements MongoDB\BSON\TimestampInterface, MongoDB\BSON\Type, Serializable, JsonSerializable, Stringable {
    /* Methods */
    final public __construct(int $increment, int $timestamp)
    final public getIncrement(): int
    final public getTimestamp(): int
    final public jsonSerialize(): mixed
    final public serialize(): string
    final public __toString(): string
    final public unserialize(string $data): void
    }

    Changelog

    Version Description
    PECL mongodb 1.12.0 Implements Stringable for PHP 8.0+.
    PECL mongodb 1.3.0 Implements MongoDB\BSON\TimestampInterface.
    PECL mongodb 1.2.0 Implements Serializable and JsonSerializable.

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