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Jim Kellerman commented on HADOOP-1538: --------------------------------------- User specified time stamps are specified on commit. If no time stamp is specified, the current time is used as it is currently. > Provide capability for client specified time stamps in HBase > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-1538 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1538 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: contrib/hbase > Affects Versions: 0.14.0 > Reporter: Jim Kellerman > Assignee: Jim Kellerman > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.14.0 > > > Currently all records stored in HBase are given a time stamp derived from the > current time. It should be possible for the client to specify the time stamp. > For example, if a web crawler is storing page contents in HBase, it should be > able to set the time stamp to the crawl time which is not necessarily 'now' -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.