Time Expressions

There are two ways to specify the time using Traverse Web Services.

• The first way is to enter a positive 64 bit integer representing the number of milliseconds since 1/1/1970, or Epoch time times 1000. This is typically used in the startTime and endTime parameters of applicable requests.
• The second way is to use a relative date. The time expressions contain 3 pieces of information separated by a dash (-). This is typically used in the startTimeExp and endTimeExp parameters of applicable requests.

The format is:

number-unit-direction 

where:

• number = any positive integer
• unit = minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years
• direction = ago or fromnow

For example, to run a report for the last 24 hours:

startTimeExp = 24-hours-ago endTimeExp = now