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 >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "grpc.io" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/grpc-io/R9_oOEeEWsc/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/13a1b845-d921-4323-bc3a-4c84df999d39%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/13a1b845-d921-4323-bc3a-4c84df999d39%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/e945b3ff-0dc3-45d9-93cd-3982e43f8189%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
