Description of meta.time format should be distinct and clear

[l-ohlen-ericsson]

Description

The meta.time format should be described more distinct and clear, since the current description could be miss interpreted.

File the-meta-object.md

Motivation

Currently the meta.time field is described as Milliseconds since epoch.
Since the Eiffel events can be generated in many different time zones, the epoch in this context is probably referring to epoch as being UNIX Epoch time (or Unix time / POSIX time) where the time zone is then UTC.

So the epoch description should either be changed to UNIX Epoch time, or to explicit have UTC time zone set.

Exemplification

epoch could been interpreted as epoch in current time zone with the current description, that will lead to that events will have unaligned times.

Benefits

Clear and distinct definition of epoch will ensure that event times are correctly set regardless in which time zone they are created

Possible Drawbacks

None

[d-stahl-ericsson]

Sure, let's just call it UNIX Epoch time.