cassandra.timestamps - Timestamp Generation

class MonotonicTimestampGenerator

An object that, when called, returns int(time.time() * 1e6) when possible, but, if the value returned by time.time doesn’t increase, drifts into the future and logs warnings. Exposed configuration attributes can be configured with arguments to __init__ or by changing attributes on an initialized object.

New in version 3.8.0.

Attributes

warn_on_drift

= True

If true, log warnings when timestamps drift into the future as allowed by warning_threshold and warning_interval.

warning_threshold

= 1

This object will only issue warnings when the returned timestamp drifts more than warning_threshold seconds into the future. Defaults to 1 second.

warning_interval

= 1

This object will only issue warnings every warning_interval seconds. Defaults to 1 second.

Methods

_next_timestamp

(now, last)

Returns the timestamp that should be used if now is the current time and last is the last timestamp returned by this object. Intended for internal and testing use only; to generate timestamps, call an instantiated MonotonicTimestampGenerator object.

Parameters

  • now (int) – an integer to be used as the current time, typically representing the current time in microseconds since the UNIX epoch

  • last (int) – an integer representing the last timestamp returned by this object