microsoft / microsoft/microsoft-performance-toolkit-sdk

DateTime wallclocks may not be precise enough, consider timestamps offset from Unix epoch instead?

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Description

This will be a breaking change, but one that we're willing to take given that it will allow greater precision going forward. We discussed two options:

1: The custom data processor converts all timestamps to be offsets from the unix epoch.
2: The custom data processor provides a wallclock before starting trace processing, and the runtime will do the conversion.

I'm not sure how #2 will work yet, we'll have to think that one through a bit more.

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The issue names the custom data processor and runtime as the relevant entry points, but no files or tests are provided. First compare the two proposed Unix-epoch conversion approaches and determine the required breaking-change behavior; done requires an agreed design that provides greater timestamp precision.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
devtools, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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