Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4020#discussion_r119222374 --- Diff: docs/dev/table/streaming.md --- @@ -39,17 +39,293 @@ Dynamic table Time Attributes --------------- -### Event-time +Flink supports different notions of *time* in streaming programs. -* DataStream: Timestamps & WMs required, `.rowtime` (replace attribute or extend schema) -* TableSource: Timestamps & WMs & DefinedRowtimeAttribute +- *Processing time* refers to the system time of the machine (also known as "wall-clock time") that is executing the respective operation. +- *Event time* is the time that each individual event occurred on its producing device. --- End diff -- It can be any timestamp that is associate with a row. How about: "Event time refers to the processing of streaming data based on timestamps which are attached to each row. For example the timestamps can encode when an event happened."
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