It looks like you are using Java.  In that case, Protobuf provides a helper 
library to create these, such as fromMillies:

https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/v3.4.0/java/util/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/util/Timestamps.java#L279



On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 9:24:25 AM UTC-7, Nicholas DiPiazza wrote:
>
> Is this code snippet ok?
>
> LocalDateTime ldt = the date time object we want to send over grpc;
>
> Timestamp.newBuilder().setSeconds(ldt.getSecond())
>       .setNanos(ldt.getNano()))
>     .build()
>
> Is there a helper method to make it easier? 
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Evan Jones <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I second the recommendation for using Timestamp. If you interact with 
>> other languages, some of the libraries provide some some nice helper 
>> methods to make working with it fairly straightforward. If you use any 
>> Google Cloud APIs, you will end up dealing with Timestamps at some point, 
>> so you might as well have fewer unique time types in your system.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 8:18:41 PM UTC-4, Carl Mastrangelo wrote:
>>>
>>> If you are using Protobuf, there is the  google.protobuf.Timestamp 
>>> message type that you can use to send it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 6:31:43 PM UTC-7, 
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know the best way to send DateTime objects to and from 
>>>> a GRPC service.
>>>>
>>>> Should I just be sending a string to/from GRPC? 
>>>>
>>>> I see there is a Timestamp object but it seems to be not what I'm 
>>>> looking for, I think?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
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